IPL 8: After Virat Kohli slams media on personal life, Sunil Gavaskar sets ball rolling again
Kolkata: It was certainly a bad move by cricket legend and commentator Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday when he asked Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli ‘if she was here’ during the Indian Premier League match when the Bangalore side faced Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens.
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The statement had an apparent reference to India’s swashbuckling batsman Kohli’s girlfriend, Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma, who was present in the stands at Eden Gardens to support her star boyfriend.
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During the toss, Gavaskar asked Kohli, "Is she here". A seemingly blushing Kohli replied, "Yes, she would be", amid a loud cheer from a near capacity crowd.
While the Eden crowd might have enjoyed the moment, Gavaskar found himself getting panned on twitter over the issue.
Sunil Gavaskar has turned into that embarrassing grandpa who won't shut up talking and everyone else has to ignore or play along.
— dorku (@Dorkstar) April 11, 2015Gavaskar asking Kohli.. One last question. Is she here? (Anushka) That's when you start thinking how much you miss ppl like Richie Benaud
— Shashank Thala (@Chingakutty) April 11, 2015 India's Test captain Virat Kohli on Friday lashed out at critics, who blamed his girlfriend Anushkha Sharma for the team's exit from ICC Cricket World Cup, stating that they "should be ashamed of themselves" as "no one has won more matches" than him in the last five years. Check out: They give cricket WAGs a good name Kohli, opened up for the first time since the World Cup exit, after which his filmstar girlfriend took a lot of unnecessary flak in various social networking sites. "To see those reactions after just one match was very disappointing for me personally. It makes you lose faith in a lot of people. It's a good thing in a way. You get to know who's with you and who's not. It was not in my control. But the reactions were very disappointing," Kohli said at the function where RCB announced its tie-up with home appliances brand Midea. And now with Sunil Gavaskar has set the ball rolling again. Can anybody give some privacy to Virat Kohli?