‘Pant let team down with stupid shot’: Gavaskar

Rishabh Pant

The legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday lashed out at Rishabh Pant for his "stupid" shot in a crunch situation during the ongoing Test.

With India desperately looking for a big partnership in the fourth Test against Australia at the MCG, Pant attempted to scoop Scott Boland to fine leg, only to get a leading edge which presented a simple catch to Nathan Lyon standing at third man.

Gavaskar said the south-paw had let the team down when they needed him the most.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid. You have got two fielders there and you still go for that [shot].In the situation that India was... you cannot say that that's your natural game," said an angry Gavaskar.

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