Navjot Sidhu Slams 'Fool' Michael Vaughan: 'Look At Your Pedestrian Bowlers'
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Navjot Singh Sidhu labeled Michael Vaughan a 'fool' and asked him to take a look at England's 'pedestrian' bowlers in criticism of his predictions on India.
The battle between India and England is heating up both on and off the field. As Shubman Gill and his men took full toll of the hosts' mistake by putting up a solid 359/3 at Stumps on the opening day of the Headingley Test on Friday, it gave the opportunity to Indian pundits to take aim at their English counterparts.
Former opener and commentator Navjot Singh Sidhu, in a video uploaded by Star Sports on X, reacted to Vaughan's pre-series predictions that India had come to England to lose. He pointed out the former English skipper's series of incorrect prophecies in the past, including the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy and the 2025 World Test Championship final, and asked him to take a look at the hosts' 'pedestrian' bowlers.
'Fools grow up without watering," Sidhu said in the video while reading Vaughan's post.
'Michael Vaughan, your predictions, they're always wrong. BGT and then the South Africans are never going to win against Australia. I hope you're not predicting an India win now. Look at your bowling attack. They're pedestrians. Three of the Indian batsmen are stepping out and hitting them like spinners. Boss noise proves nothing. Even a hen, while laying an egg, cackles as if she's laying an asteroid. Stop making noise, do something. There is no suffering that pity will not insult. Man, you're in a pitiable situation," he added.
Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bowl first. But the call backfired as Gill (127 not out) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (101) excelled on a dry surface, propelling India's charge and making a statement on the opening day of the series. Rishabh Pant also stayed until the end with an unbeaten 65.
The inexperienced England bowling attack struggled, apart from Stokes, who managed figures of 2 for 43 from his 16 overs. Chris Woakes, leading the attack in the absence of Jofra Archer, Mark Wood and Gus Atkinson, went wicketless while Brydon Carse could only pick one wicket and Josh Tongue returned empty-handed, too.
With the surface unlikely to get any better for bowling (unless rain changes things), India will hope to put up a score big enough to bowl the hosts out twice.
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