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Sunil Gavaskar in soup after brash comment on Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma, fans want him removed

Sunil Gavaskar in soup after brash comment on Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma, fans want him removed as IPL 2020 commentator.

Sunil Gavaskar in soup after brash comment on Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma

Dubai, September 25: The legendary Sunil Gavaskar 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 2020.

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 as Royal Challengers Bangalore lost the match by 97 runs.

In the commentary box, Gavaskar came up with a comment involving Kohli's 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.

He said, "Gavaskar said: "Inhone lockdown me toh bas Anushka ki gendon ki practice ki hai, (he has only faced Anushka's bowling in lockdown)" referring to the viral video of the couple that had surfaced during the country's coronavirus lockdown. His choice of words was slammed nonetheless."

Over the years, on quite a few instances, the Bollywood actress has been blamed whenever the now 31-year-old Kohli under-performed on the cricket field.

The Indian batting mainstay had a forgettable outing at the Dubai International Stadium. Kohli dropped his KXIP counterpart KL Rahul twice - once in the 17th over at deep square-leg when he was batting on 83 and then again in the 18th over when he was on 89. The KXIP skipper then went on to shatter a few records on the way to a 69-ball 132 - the highest scored by an Indian in an IPL game.

Story first published: Friday, September 25, 2020, 12:50 [IST]
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