“Look after your interests, but hey, don’t tell us what to do,” Sunil Gavaskar asks “old powers” to stay away from India’s cricketing matters

The former Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar is not at all impressed by the fact that because of the origination of the two new T20 leagues in South Africa and UAE, in which the Indian corporates have heavily invested, the old powers of cricket who controlled the game for decades and decades are now starting to criticize the IPL again.

Sunil Gavaskar talked about the old powers in his recent column in Sportstar and he was probably referring to the cricket boards of Australia and England whose home seasons are likely to be disrupted by the origination of these new leagues.

Gavaskar wrote in his column that every cricket board has the right to protect its interests, but no cricket board should tell BCCI what to do, because BCCI will also look after its cricket interests the way it wants and will do whatever is good for Indian cricket.

Old powers are squirming because of two new leagues: Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar reckons that the old powers have got very uncomfortable because of the origination of these new leagues in South Africa and UAE and they have launched an agenda against the IPL.

"By all means, look after your interests but hey please don't interfere in ours and tell us what to do. We will look after our interests and do it better than what you tell us to do." – Sunil Gavaskar (He Adviced England and Australia)

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The South African T20 league and the one which is going to be played in UAE, both will take place right in the middle of the Australian cricket season which has gone on without any disruption for decades. But now, there is a real danger of disruption because some of the Australian cricketers want to prefer the UAE league over Australia’s own BBL, as the IPL franchises and the other Indian corporates are offering more money in the UAE league.

It’s not just the UAE league that has threatened the disruption of the Australian cricket calendar, the South African league has actually disrupted it as well because Cricket South Africa (CSA) has withdrawn from the ODI series that they had to play against Australia in January next year, as they want all their players available for their league.

The withdrawal from the ODI series against Australia has put South Africa’s World Cup qualification at stake, but it’s a decision they have made keeping their long-term interests in mind.

‘Look after your cricket interests, don’t interfere in ours’ – Sunil Gavaskar hits back at IPL critics. #IPL

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