Sunil Gavaskar, clarifying his comments on Virat Kohli's performance in the Indian Premier League clash against Kings XI Punjab, said he had never blamed Anushka Sharma and that he had only commented on their social media-video.
In a report in India Today, Gavaskar was quoted’ as saying,
"Firstly, I would like to say it again. Where am I blaming her? I am not
blaming her. I am only saying that the video said that she was bowling to
Virat. Virat has played only that bowling during the lockdown period. It's a
tennis ball, fun game that people have to pass time during the lockdown. That's
all. Where am I blaming her for Virat's failures?"
He further stated that he has always supported that wives going
with husbands on tour. "You know me, I am the one who has always batted
for wives going with husbands on tour. I am the one that a normal guy going to
the office for a 9-5 job, when he comes back home, he comes back to his wife.
Similarly, cricketers, when they go out for a tour or even when they are
playing at home, why can't they have their wives with them?"
"Because after their working hours are over, they have to
get back to their wives like every other common man does. So I am not blaming
her."
During RCB's clash against KXIP, Gavaskar was heard’ saying that
Kohli spent time with Anushka during the lockdown and the batsman had practiced
against her bowling. He felt the lack of practice was quiet evident in Kohli's
performance as they were chasing a challenging 207-run target.
In the commentary box, Gavaskar had said: “Ab joh lockdown tha
to sirf Anushka ki bowling ki practice ki unhone, wo video dekhi hai (reference
to a viral video), usse to kuch nahi hona hai (During the recent lockdown he
only practised to Anushka’s bowling, I saw a video. But that is not going to be
enough).
However, his comments didn't go well with the cricket fans as
they slammed Gavaskar on Twitter, calling his remarks 'sexist'. Anuskha also
reacted to the comment, calling it 'distasteful.'
Kohli, in a rare incident, had an off day in the contest against
KXIP. The India skipper first dropped KL Rahul twice, who went on to score a
century, in the KXIP innings and he only scored one with the bat before he was
removed by Sheldon Cottrell. RCB went on to lose their second match of IPL 2020
by 97 runs.
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