Whether Shane Warne was the greatest spinner of all time is a matter of opinion, and if Sunil Gavaskar felt Warne wasn’t even the best he had seen, he is entitled to his opinion, even if his timing let him down, which he regretted.
The more telling portion of his television interview with Rajdeep Sardesai was where he said of Warne that “he was always looking to live life fully, king size as they call it and he did that and maybe because he lived life in such a manner is perhaps the reason why his heart couldn’t take it and he passed away so soon.”
