August 6, 2019
Gautam Gambhir and former India cricket captain
Bishan Singh Bedi are in the midst of an ugly spat on
Twitter after Gambhir accused Bedi of trying to push his son
Angad in Delhi’s age-group teams.
Gambhir has accused Bedi and former Delhi cricket selection committee chief
Chetan Chauhan of trying to block Navdeep
Saini’s entry in the Delhi Ranji team in 2013. The Karnal-born
fast bowler made an impressive debut for the country in the first T20
International against the West Indies, taking three wickets for 17 runs.
Former India opener Gambhir took the opportunity to take a dig at the two
former India players.
Kudos Navdeep Saini on your India debut. You already have 2 wickets even
before u have bowled -Bishan Bedi & ChetanChauhan. Their middle stumps
are gone seeing debut of a player whose cricketing obituary they wrote even
before he stepped on the field, shame!!! – Gautam Gambhir, Former
cricketer
Bedi responded saying he did not react comments on Twitter. “I have never
said a negative thing about Navdeep Saini. Also I believe if someone has made
it, it’s his credit not any Tom, Dick or Harry’s.”
Gambhir then dragged Bedi’s son Angad into the controversy. He also
attached a 2013 letter by Bedi questioning Saini’s selection as he wasn’t
from Delhi. On Sunday, Bedi denied that he had any role to play.
It is reported that Bedi and Chauhan were part of a faction of the
Delhi and District Cricket Association members who did not
approve of Gambhir’s move to bring in Haryana-born Saini in the Delhi Ranji
Trophy team.
This is not the first time Gambhir has passed comments on Bedi and Chauhan.
He had done the same when Saini made it to India’s Test squad for the
one-off Test against Afghanistan last year. Saini, however, did not play in
that Test.
Source: https://newzhook.com/story/ex-india-cricketers-face-over-navdeep-saini
