A huge controversy broke out when Cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar's humor turned double meaning. On Thursday, Gavaskar made a comment on Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma as the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper came out to bat against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) that left the social media angry.
While the Kings X1 Punjab beat the RCB easily, Kohli was criticized and trolled for his poor performance in fielding as well as in batting. When Kohli came to bat, Gavaskar said: “Inhone lockdown me to bas Anushka ki bowling ki practice ki hain". (Virat Kohli has only trained against Anushka’s bowling during the lockdown). The comment was understood to be made keeping the viral video in mind where Kohli was spotted playing cricket with Anushka at his Mumbai home during the lockdown.
Now, Anushka Sharma has responded to and slammed the cricketing legend. Anushka 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 commenting on the game. Don't you think you should have equal amount of respect for me and us?"
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However, the comment seems to have been blown out of proportion. Here's the video of the phase of the match where Gavaskar could be heard making the comment on air:
Here is the video. He did not say anything double meaning at the first place. pic.twitter.com/TqyI2PJVtd
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