'He should control his tongue' Inzamam-ul-Haq Criticizes Sunil Gavaskar Over Pakistan Cricket Comments

The extent of Gavaskar’s insults: B-team banter or bad burn?

At the beginning, the man himself, disgustingly powerful strong G. - the guy who went to the pitch without a helmet and now annoys the spectators with his mic - came up with the idea of aggravating the situation after the match had already finished. “I think a B team from India can certainly give Pakistan a tough fight. A C team, I’m not too sure. But a B team will be very, very hard to beat for Pakistan in their current form,” he quipped on Sports Today. Still Decoding? Well, India has an enormous amount of talent in its bank reserves, their benchwarmers could rock Pakistan’s boat. The funny thing? Is Gavaskar trying to hint at a presumably not very good Pakistan team being one grade short of an A or is he trying to provoke them? Sunny may be implying that the current Pakistani squad is barely A-grade and that’s a hard one to digest for them. This whole thing sounds like sugar-coated sarcasm until you pull back the sweet layer.

Inzamam’s fiery retort: Tongue-Control 101

Inzamam, the soft-spoken giant who’s usually cooler than a Lahore winter – until you poke his pride. Responding on a Pakistani show, he fired back, “Gavaskar sahab should look at the stats. He’s a senior we respect, but when speaking about another country… he should control his tongue.” Oh, snap! Inzy’s basically saying, “Sunny, your commentary is as loose as your old cover drives – rein it in!” The double meaning here? Maybe he’s hinting Gavaskar’s tongue needs a leash because it’s running wilder than a street dog in Delhi.
 

What followed the immediate retort was the insult that Inzamam accused Gavaskar of dodging a match against Pakistan in Sharjah back in the day. “India ran away from playing in Sharjah,” he claimed, smirking like he’d just bowled a reverse-swinging beauty. He's daring Gavaskar to a duel, or he's just rousing a flavorful rivalry with the past as the spice up. Whatever Gavaskar's response may be, whether he called the little master a crick, it is a cunning dig that shouts, “You talk big now, but where were you then?”

The Silent Treatment: Gavaskar’s next move?
 

The twist in the tale is that Gavaskar chose not to say anything back. On March 10, 2025, the Little Master is more silent than during a drizzling match. Maybe he has in mind a sharp comeback at the bull, or maybe he has reckoned that Inzamam's vitriol does not merit a rebuttal. He is now too busy scheming about the B-team of India. People say Mohammad Amir is also considering the option of joining IPL in 2026 after giving Pakistan a break. It is also quite possible that you see Amir bowling for Mumbai Indians while Gavaskar takes a little laugh at his previous statement, hits him with Of course our B team is the best.