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Indian legend slammed over warne comments 
Cricket
Indian cricket great Sunil Gavaskar has been criticised for his untimely remarks over Shane Warne’s status in the game following his shock death.
Appearing on Indian show India Today, Gavaskar - a former India captain - was asked if he believed Warne was cricket’s greatest spin bowler.
Gavaskar said he believed Test cricket’s greatest wicket-taker, Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, as well as India’s litany of spinners, ranked ahead of Warne.
The reason for Gavaskar’s beliefs was that Warne did not have the same success against India as other Test playing nations.
India was the only Test nation that Warne averaged more than 30 against with the ball, with the leg-spinner taking just 43 wickets at 47.18 from 14 matches.
Muralitharan took 105 wickets at 32.16 - his second worst record behind Australia (59 wickets at 36.06). 
While Muralitharan (800) finished with more wickets than Warne (708), the Australian is often regarded as the game’s greatest spinner.
Warne was named one of Wisden's five cricketers of the 20th century in 2000 and was the only bowler selected on the elite list.
But Gavaskar believes Warne's struggles against India meant he couldn't be considered the greatest of all-time.
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SUNIL GAVASKAR
Because he did not have much success against Indian players who were very good players of spin, I don’t think I would call him the greatest.
Gavaskar's comments weren't received well on social media, with some people labelling him disrespectful.
Words: Christy DoranProducer: Andrew Piva

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