Gavaskar okay with unchanged Indian squad for 3rd Test

The national selection committee persisted with the same squad for the Kolkata Test. Only Bengal paceman Ashok Dinda was drafted in the squad in place of injured Umesh Yadav.

"There are quite a few youngsters who are knocking the doors. India could have tried a few younstgers if they were 2-0 up in the series. We can't make wholesale changes, it creates uncertainty..." Gavaskar told NDTV.

"We have to look at the situations also. The selection committees are not keen to experiement or inject young blood. That has been the trend in the last couple of years and it has not changed."

Gavaskar said the biggest bane of Indian side is complacency.

"Complacency has been the bane of Indian cricket. For decades it has been there, even when I used to play. It has always let us down. When the opposition is 160 for 5 or six, we tend to relax and then the wicket-keeper with tail-enders have added 200 runs. This is what hapened in the first Test and here (Mumbai) as well," he said.

The legendary opener said the approach has to be changed in future. "The only way is to be a bit ruthless. But it not in our nature to be ruthless."

As the dicussion veered towards growing pressure on an under-performing Sachin Tendulkar, Gavaskar said there was no need of that kind of talk about a batsman, who has done so much for Indian cricket. More