2 min learnUpdated: Mar 1, 2026 10:18 PM IST
India cricket legends Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri weren’t huge followers of the laser present on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata within the India innings of the Super 8 sport towards West Indies on the T20 World Cup on Sunday. The India vs West Indies Super 8 sport of the T20 World Cup was on a knife’s edge when the groups took a break after the powerplay ended. At this level, the Indian workforce have been 53/2 after having misplaced their batting stars Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan for an identical scores of 10 runs every. Sanju Samson had taken upon himself the accountability of holding India’s run price racing with a fast 24 from 13 balls.
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In the three-minute break after powerplay, the stadium was plunged into darkness as a laser present performed out. The two Indian cricket legends didn’t recognize the show that got here at a crucial time with a spot within the semi-finals of a T20 World Cup on the road. As each of them identified, the laser present had the potential to have an effect on a batter’s eyesight at an important time of the World Cup.
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“The laser show during the two-and-a-half or three minutes of the drinks break… it’s not easy on the batters, or anybody for that matter. To get your eyes used to the light, to get the bright lights again, you have darkness around you,” Gavaskar stated on the commentary for the sport.
Gavaskar continued: “You have a laser thing going on. This is the World Cup. And for two and a half minutes, do you need this kind of entertainment? In the IPL, it’s fine in the middle of the IPL. Not in the knockouts, but in the middle of the IPL, that is fine. But at the moment here, in the World Cup, do we need these laser shows in the middle of the drinks break, at the drinks interval?”
To this, Shastri added: “And from the players’ point of view, to switch back on, is never easy. It’s serious stuff.”
