Sunil Gavaskar has issued a strong warning to the Indian team management and selectors following India’s defeat to South Africa in the opening Test in Kolkata, urging them to rethink their approach to team building in the longest format. Writing in his Sportstar column, the former India captain said the loss should force both the BCCI selectors and head coach Gautam Gambhir ’s management group to place greater faith in proven domestic performers rather than relying on limited-overs-style all-rounders in Test cricket. Without naming any individual, he stressed that Test cricket demands specialists, long-term patience and discipline, not picks influenced by ego or short-term form. Gavaskar wrote that India’s three-day loss at Eden Gardens exposed a familiar issue, with batters once a

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