Sunil Gavaskar made the comment after India defeated Pakistan in Champions Trophy 2025.
Former Australia pacer and Pakistan Test team head coach Jason Gillespie strongly disagrees with Sunil Gavaskar's assertion that an "Indian B" team could fight and even defeat the current struggling Pakistani team.
Following India's victory over the bitter opponent in Group A of the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai, the former captain of India made this remark. Virat Kohli hammered 100* as Rohit Sharma and company easily defeated Pakistan, captained by Mohammad Rizwan, by 6 wickets.
As a result, several commentators stated that the competition between India and Pakistan is getting more biased and does not have the same advantage as it formerly had.
After the match, Gavaskar said that an Indian B squad might challenge the Pakistani national team.
"I think a B team (from India) certainly can give Pakistan a run for their money. C team, I am not too sure. But a B team will be very, very hard to beat for Pakistan in their current form," Gavaskar had said on Sports Today.
Gillespie, the former coach of Pakistan, has now declared that it is "nonsense" for anyone to believe that an Indian B team can beat the main team.
He did, however, add that he hoped the management of the Pakistani team would organize their own affairs.
"I don't buy this rhetoric. I saw some comments from Sunil Gavaskar about the Indian B team or the Indian C team beating the Pakistan top team. That's nonsense. Absolute nonsense. If Pakistan picks and sticks with the right players and gives them time to shine and time to learn and develop their games, they can beat anyone. I've got no doubt about that," said Gillespie to Saj Sadiq, a Pakistani journalist.
Pakistan failed to make it to the ICC Men's Champions Trophy semi-finals after finishing at the bottom of the Group A standings. Rizwan's side lost against New Zealand and India, while the fixture against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi was abandoned due to rain.
Before Pakistan's Test series against South Africa, Gillespie quit, saying that to have consistent success, the management must select the proper players and stick with them.
"The high-end talent just got to pick the right high-end talent and support them and be patient with them. You know, there's far too much impatience, in my opinion, in Pakistan cricket. And if Pakistan, if the board, PCB, and the board want to change and want results to improve, they need to get the right people in place, get the right players on the bus, get the right selection panel in place, back them in, and give them time and be patient with them to allow them to do their jobs," said Gillespie.
"And the same goes with the coaches. If you're going to give a coach an opportunity, give them an opportunity to really build something meaningful because otherwise, the results are going to stay the same," he added.
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India will face New Zealand in the final of the Champions Trophy on Sunday, March 9, in Dubai. On the other hand, Pakistan will begin preparations for the white-ball tour of New Zealand.