Virat Kohli had a horrible day for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2020 clash against Kings XI Punjab, however, what stood out during the match was a statement made by former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar while on commentary duties.
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).
After his distasteful comment, now Anushka hit back at the cricketer about his remark and asked, “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?” wrote Anushka on her Instagram stories.
She further added, “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 an 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?”
Anushka also wrote, “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.”
Anushka also wrote, “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.”
In addition to Anushka, Gavaskar’s remark did not go down well with the RCB skipper’s fans as well, with some of them urging the BCCI to remove Gavaskar from the commentary panel.
People all over the internet were disappointed over the ‘sexist’ remark.
Source: Times Now
