Master opening batsman Sunil Gavaskar was famed for his timing on the field. And his column in the latest issue of a sports magazine could not have appeared at a more opportune time, even as the sporting world is going ga-ga over Bihar’s teenage wonder boy Vaibhav Suryavanshi and his amazing century in the IPL.

Gavaskar was severely critical of one-match wonders in the IPL getting massive publicity in the IPL, while those cricketers slog the entire season to excel in India’s premier domestic tournament, the National Championship for the Ranji Trophy goes largely unnoticed.

Gavaskar is spot on when he castigates the media for beating a path to the family homes of IPL........

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