DUBAI: The legendary
Sunil Gavaskar on Friday found himself in the midst of a controversy for making a comment about
Virat Kohli and his wife
Anushka Sharma after the Indian captain's forgettable outing in the IPL.
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
here on Thursday night.
IPL 2020 Points TableIn the commentary box, Gavaskar came up with a comment involving Kohli's actor wife Anushka.
Gavaskar commented that Kohli has only faced Anushka's bowling during lockdown, referring to the time during the lockdown when they were spotted playing cricket in their house.
Anushka, on her part, reacted to the comment on Instagram.
The remark did not go down well with the
RCB
skipper's fans.
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.