Sunil Gavaskar has set new records for the speed in which he has rewritten history. The spotlights have only just cooled down and the cheerleader costumes been folded and put away until next year, and already Gavaskar has managed to expunge the contributions of Australians from his somewhat rose-tinted view of the IPL.

In his latest bigoted, bilious rant on Dreamcricket.com, Gavaskar has taken a swipe at the Australian support staff, coaches etc and explained to us that the IPL has once and for all debunked the myth about “the infallibility of Australian coaches”.

Apparently, on planet Gavaskar, Aussie coaches could do nothing to help their team. Reality, however, is a much different beast. Shane Warne’s role as coach did not rate a mention; nor did the fact that three of the top four sides had Aussie coaches. The fourth, Keppler Wessels, is an honorary Aussie too.

Compare and contrast these results with the Indian coaches who filled three of the bottom four positions on the IPL ladder. Perhaps Gavaskar wasn’t trying to denigrate Warne or Tom Moody or Greg Shipperd – maybe it was all a shot at John Buchanan. If so, that’s OK because we don’t like him either.

Setting aside this nonsense – which, in light of the racial harmony that was purchased for the tournament, seems a little churlish – Gavaskar also takes a shot at Australians who, in his humble opinion, despise all things Indian until there is money on offer.

While it may be expedient for him to peddle this nonsense for a domestic audience, he seems to forget that the internet is a global network and we can see it here in Aus too! (Something he accuses Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson of in an earlier column). Perhaps someone should remind him that the Aussies played a pretty big part in the IPL.

It’s also a little bit rich – maybe the wrong word – coming from a man who has sold his principles to become a mouthpiece for commercial interests, to criticise others for selling themselves to the highest bidder.

Gavaskar was chairman of the most important committee in world cricket – the ICC Cricket Committee – and held a position of tremendous power and influence. Gavaskar chose to walk away from that position in pursuit of the filthy lucre.

Instead of protecting the interests of the game that has given him so much, he chose to chase the dollars. And the sale of his soul was complete. No longer does he refer to the IPL without first throwing in the sponsor’s name.

Osman Samiuddin, of Cricinfo, wrote a wonderful article on the hijacking of the IPL commentary and how a six couldn’t be called a six, it was instead a “DLF maximum”. Critical moments in the game became “Citi moments of success”. They even managed to outshine Australia’s Channel Nine’s love affair with KFC

Maybe that is what this is all about. Maybe Sunny hasn’t become an embittered old has-been struggling for relevance in a system that is focused only on the superficial. Perhaps the comments were a “Hero Honda Moment of Madness”.

Yes, that explains it nicely.

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