Legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Friday found himself in the midst of a controversy for making an unsavoury comment against Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma after the Indian captain’s forgettable outing in the IPL.After dropping two catches, Kohli, undoubtedly one of the best when it comes to chases, failed with the bat, managing just a run off five balls against Kings XI Punjab in Dubai on Thursday night.In the commentary box, Gavaskar came up with a comment involving Kohli’s actor wife Anushka. When Kohli was dismissed, Gavaskar came up with a surprising comment involving Anushka Sharma, Kohli’s wife. The former skipper remarked, “Inhone lockdown me to bas Anushka ki gendon ki practice ki hain". (Virat Kohli has only trained against Anushka’s balls during the lockdown)
The fans slammed the 71-year-old for alleged derogatory statement and he has been trending on social media since the match ended. Now, Anushka Sharma has taken his comments to the heart it seems and has slammed the former cricketer for dragging her name into cricket. Interestingly, Anushka claimed that she heard Gavaskar’s commentary during the match and was hurt. It is still not known if she is disappointed for being dragged into cricket related statement or the derogatory meaning which wrongly has gone viral on social media. She took to Instagram to express her disappointment and asked Sunil Gavaskar the reason for dragging her name while commenting on her husband Virat Kohli‘s performance.
“That, Mr Gavaskar, your message is distasteful is a fact but I would love for you to explain why you thought of making such a sweeping statement on a wife accusing her for her husband’s game?“I am sure over the years you have respected the private lives of every cricketer while commentating on the game. Don’t you think you should have equal amount of respect for me and us? I am sure you can have many other words and sentences in your mind to use to comment on my husband’s performance from last night or are your words only relevant if you use my name in the process? “It’s 2020 and things still don;’t change for me. When will I stop getting dragged into cricket and stop being used to pass sweeping statements? Respected Mr Gavaskar, you are alegend whose names stands tall in this gentleman’s game. Just wanted to tell you what I felt when I heard you say this,” Anushka Sharma wrote in her Instagram story.
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