Former Indian batter Kapil Dev has slammed Indian batters for their arrogance saying that today’s batters think they know everything.
Kapil also talked about how too much money has boosted Indian players’ arrogance.
“What’s good about the young players is that they are very confident. The negative part is that they think they know everything. They think they don’t have to seek advice from anyone. An experienced person can always help, even if he has not played the modern game," Kapil told The Week.
He then went on to talk about Sunil Gavaskar, and how not a single current Indian team player came to the Indian legend to learn a thing or two from his experience. He has now stopped advising the players.
"Sometimes too much money comes, arrogance comes. These cricketers think they know everything. That's the difference. I would say there are so many cricketers who need help.
“When Sunil Gavaskar is there, why can't you talk? Where is the ego? There is no ego as such. They feel 'we are good enough'. Maybe they are good enough, but extra help from somebody who has seen 50 seasons of cricket, he knows things. Listening sometimes can change your thought."
Earlier, Gavaskar, one of the most respected names not only in India but in the entire world, stated that the Indian players barely came to him to seek any advice related to cricket.
"No, no one has come. Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman regularly came to me. And they would approach me with a specific problem and you could tell them something which you had observed.
“I don't have an ego about this, I could go and talk to them but since there are two coaches - Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathore - so sometimes you hold back since you don't want to confuse them with too much information," Gavaskar recently told The Indian Express.
- Kapil Dev