Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has criticised former England captain, Nasser Hussain for saying on a television show that the Indian team got tougher when Sourav Ganguly captained them.

Gavaskar wrote in his fortnightly column published in mid-day on Sunday: "Nasser went on to say that earlier, the team would be wishing the opposition good morning and smiling at them etc. See this perception: That if you are nice then you are weak. That unless you are in the face of the opposition, you are not tough. Is he suggesting that Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh to name just a few were not tough? That just because they went about their business without any chest-thumping, swearing, screaming and pumping their arms in obscene gestures, they were weak?