India, Jan. 4 -- In his latest Mid-Day opinion coloumn, Sunil Gavaskar places his argument in the immediate context of England's current Ashes tour in Australia, with the series heading into its closing stages and scrutiny on England's batting only intensifying.

He revisits a moment that drew noise during India's tour of Australia: Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar choosing to bat on, push on to their centuries, and not accept an offer to go off the field.

"All those English players who mocked Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar when they opted to bat on and get their centuries and not accept the offer to go off the field will have realised that Test centuries don't come every day," wrote Gavaskar.

Gavaskar grounds his point in w...