Eng would have panicked if riots happened in India: Sunny

London, Aug 10 (PTI) Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar
believes England's cricketers would have "hit the panic
button" and talked of leaving the series midway if the UK
riots had happened in India.
England and India face off in the third cricket Test in
Edgbaston amid growing riots in the UK after a youth was
allegedly killed in police firing.
Gavaskar said a situation like this in India would have
evoked reactions of wanting to leave by English cricketers.
"No question about it, they would have been pressing the
panic button. They would have been talking in terms of the
team returning home. That is a given," Gavaskar told the
'Sun' newspaper.
England, under Kevin Pietersen, did leave a tour of India
midway after the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 but came back
to complete the series after a while.
Current Test captain Andrew Strauss has, meanwhile,
insisted that the tensions on the street have not affected his
team's preparation for the third Test, a win in which would
give England an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the series and the
world number one tag.
"When you watch scenes on TV, it is horrific and far from
England's proudest m oment. But, in terms of our preparation,
it has not affected us. We intend going out and playing the
game as we would any other.
"A few of the guys went out early on Monday evening but
the advice from our security manager was to come back as there
were some disturbances. This is an opportunity for cricket to
put out a feel-good factor," he said.