Former India batsman Sunil Gavaskar is facing backlash on Twitter for his controversial comments on Indian skipper Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma during the match between RCB and Kings XI Punjab on Thursday.
The match between the two teams saw RCB-led Kohli suffer a huge 97-run defeat. Kohli dropped KL Rahul twice, and his KXIP counterpart went on to score an unbeaten 132 off 69 balls. Kohli, on the other hand, was sent back to the pavilion with just 1 run while RCB were all out at 109 in 17 overs.
With Kohli failing to deliver with the bat, commentator Sunil Gavaskar made a controversial remark which did not gone down well with the fans and Anushka. Gavaskar mentioned Anushka, while criticizing the cricketer and said that the RCB skipper only trained against Anushka's bowling during the lockdown.
Anushka expressed her displeasure with the choice of words and for once again being included in criticism of Kohli. She asked Gavaskar, "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'm 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'm 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?"
Fans were also not impressed and many called Gavaskar out for getting personal.