GAVASKAR SLAMS CHAHAL FOR OVERSTEPPING IN FOURTH ODI
MUMBAI: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar criticised Yuzvendra Chahal for bowling no balls during India’s five-wicket loss to South Africa in the fourth ODI at Johannesburg on Saturday. Chahal overstepped twice during his spell with one of them resulting in a reprieve for David Miller, who played a key role in his team’s win with a fiery 28-ball 39. Gavaskar felt the let-off changed the momentum of the match. “For me, it was that no ball where David Miller was clean bowled and the way he recovered from it. That, for me, was the turning point,” Gavaskar said while analysing the game on Sony Ten 1. “Till then, India seemed to be in control, they had also seen the back of AB de Villiers, who was batting well. When Miller was struggling to read Chahal, India were certainly in the driver’s seat,” he added. Gavaskar said modernday bowlers, who have access to technology, can’t be excused for bowling no balls especially in the limited-over cricket. “In modern day cricket, with all the technology available, nobody should be bowling no balls. One can understand bowling a wide, down the leg side because that (wide rule) is a strict interpretation. There should ideally bowl no wides on the offside also.”