In an episode of the Club Prairie Fire podcast, former England captain Michael Vaughan had said it\u2019s just a matter of time when Root becomes leading run-getter in Tests. At the same time, he added the BCCI will do everything possible in its power to ensure that the record stays with an Indian batter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"I can say with experience of more than 50 years that it\u2019s not just the Indian crowds who are silent when their team is not doing well but crowds in every country. If there is some noise when, say, India is doing well overseas, it\u2019s because of the number of Indian supporters who travel long distances from India and who cheer for them and not the locals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"So next time, when some commentator or media person from overseas tries to talk about the silence of the Indian crowd when India is not doing well, we should ask them why their supporters haven\u2019t come to cheer for their team. This business of India bashing has to be countered with aggression because that\u2019s the only language they understand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Recently, I heard someone saying it would be good for Test cricket if Joe Root overtook Sachin Tendulkar\u2019s record for most runs and centuries in Test match cricket. Please tell us what\u2019s wrong with Test cricket presently when Tendulkar is owning the record and how will Test cricket be better if (and that\u2019s a huge if) an Englishman goes on to hold it. In what way will it be better? Kindly enlighten us,\u201d wrote Gavaskar in his column for Sportstar on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also expressed surprise over the fact that BCCI does not like Test cricket despite India playing lots of red-ball cricket in a year. \u201cFor some strange reason, there\u2019s a perception overseas that BCCI does not like Test cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a ridiculous notion, as India play more than half a dozen Test matches every season, be it at home or away. Just because the IPL is massively successful doesn\u2019t mean BCCI is not interested in promoting Test cricket, but that\u2019s the narrative that\u2019s being peddled by the overseas media.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gavaskar signed off by saying one should wait and watch on whether the 2025 World Test Championship venue final will be shifted from Lord\u2019s or not. \"The ICC just announced that the WTC final will be played at Lord\u2019s next June. Well, we have heard the same declaration twice earlier, but as soon as it\u2019s seen that England is not going to qualify for the final, the venue gets changed to Southampton or The Oval in London.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a ridiculous notion, as India play more than half a dozen Test matches every season, be it at home or away. Just because the IPL is massively successful doesn\u2019t mean BCCI is not interested in promoting Test cricket, but that\u2019s the narrative that\u2019s being peddled by the overseas media.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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