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Sunil Gavaskar Slams West Indies Pacer Shamar Joseph Over Bouncer Tactics Against Arshdeep Singh
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Moneycontrol•15-10-2026, 10:32
Sunil Gavaskar Slams West Indies Pacer Shamar Joseph Over Bouncer Tactics Against Arshdeep Singh
- •Sunil Gavaskar criticized West Indies pacer Shamar Joseph for bowling aggressive bouncers at tail-ender Arshdeep Singh during the fourth T20I.
- •The incident occurred in the final over when India needed 35 runs from 6 balls and the match was effectively out of reach.
- •Joseph hurled consecutive bouncers that left Arshdeep in pain after taking a blow to his arm, eventually forcing him to walk off the field.
- •Gavaskar expressed his anger on commentary, questioning why the bowler targeted the batter instead of aiming for the stumps.
- •West Indies won the match by 24 runs to level the five-match series 2-2.
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Sunil Gavaskar criticized West Indies pacer Shamar Joseph for repeatedly bowling bouncers at tail-ender Arshdeep Singh when the target was out of reach and the batsman was already injured.
West Indies won the match by 24 runs, successfully defending their total of 247/3 after restricting India to 223 in 19.3 overs, which levelled the five-match series at 2-2.
Arshdeep Singh was hit on the arm by a well-directed bouncer and received medical attention from the physio. After another wayward bouncer resulted in runs, he chose to walk off the field.
