‘I am not blaming Anushka, not being sexist’: Gavaskar

TIL Desk Sports/ Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar cleared the air on the remarks he made on Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma during the commentary for the IPL game between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Kings XI Punjab on Thursday night.

‘Inhone lockdown me to bas Anushka ki gendon ki practice ki hai,’ Gavaskar quipped. Kohli was dismissed by KXIP bowler Sheldon Cottrell for 1. Speaking to Boria Majumdar on on Friday, Gavaskar said he had not blamed Anushka for Kohli’s batting failure, but merely made a reference that the RCB captain’s only practice during the lockdown was when he played tennis ball cricket with his wife.

‘As you can hear from the commentary, Aakash (Chopra) and I were doing commentary at that stage for the Hindi channel. Aakash was talking about the fact that there has been very little chance for any proper practice in the lockdown for everybody and that has actually shown in the rustiness of some of the players in their first matches, say Rohit Sharma didn’t strike the ball well (in the first game) and now in the second match he got runs.