DUBAI, Sept 25: The 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.
Reacting to what she termed a �distasteful message� by Gavaskar, Sharma sought an explanation from the former India captain. 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 here on Thursday night. In the commentary box, Gavaskar came up with a shocking comment involving Kohli�s actor wife Anushka.
The remark was in bad taste and did not go down well with the RCB skipper�s fans, with some of them urging the BCCI to remove Gavaskar from the commentary panel. Sharma reacted to it by putting a statement on her Instagram page.
She wrote, �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 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?�
Over the years, on quite a few instances the Bollywood actress has been blamed whenever her high-profile cricketer husband under-performed on the field, and she rued that fact.
Sharma added, �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 a legend whose name stands tall in this gentleman�s game. Just wanted to tell you what I felt when I heard you say this.� � PTI
