Akram slams Ponting for 'Sunny no angel' remarks.
By ananth_kamma
@ananth_kamma (675)
India
November 21, 2008 7:28am CST
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has slammed Ricky Ponting for his "Sunny no angel" comments, saying the Australian captain has chosen a wrong cricketer, who has unblemished international stature, to shore up the sale of his book. Akram was appalled at why Ponting chose to attack Gavaskar by writing in his just-published, 'Captain's Diary 2008', that Sunil Gavaskar was no saint during his playing days.
akram went on to say "A player of Ricky Ponting's stature should not bad mouth a legend like Sunil Gavaskar. I don't know why Ponting is saying all these things, but one thing is for sure that Sunny speaks his mind. He (Gavaskar) is a neutral guy and he is amazingly great" i hope pointing learn from his mistakes now. he has already lost quite a bit of name and fame after passing unrelated comments on several players.
1 response
@VinceMcMahon (1073)
• New Zealand
8 Dec 08
Yes, I agree with Wasim Akram. Its really bad for someone of Ricky Ponting status to criticize someone like Sunil Gavaskar. I think Gavaskar is a nice gentleman and has accomplished so much in cricket. What Waskim Akram says there is 100% correct. I believe Ricky Ponting and Sunil Gavaskar have some personal issues, but Ponting needs to understand that Sunny is a senior cricketer and also an experienced person in life. He needs to show a little respect to him and avoid doing such actions.
