England skipper Eoin Morgan believes that Jonny Bairstow has every right to express his opinion as much as the critics, who can pan the team when they are not playing well.
Morgan had an eventful press meet on the eve of their do-or-die game against India here Sunday in which he presented a dead bat to questions on his future as leader if England happen to get ousted.
When asked about Bairstow's comments (without naming Michael Vaughan and Kevin Pietersen) that "critics want the team to lose", Morgan first feigned ignorance.
So are you disappointed with the remark? "What remark?" he countered.
When specifically told about Bairstow's remark, Morgan said: "No. He's entitled to his opinion, like critics are. That's the way he feels."
"It's been a bigger challenge in this World Cup than previous bilateral series that we've played, so tomorrow is going to be exactly the same."
"As regards to conditions, they are what they are. We can't control them. It's not a talking point for us. It's a matter of us being better at adapting to conditions."
"If we hadn't learned from that and progressed on wickets that had been more challenging, I probably wouldn't have still been captain."
There was desperate final attempt though. Does that mean you made a decision but you want to keep it to yourself?
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