New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar fiercely targeted broadcaster Star Sports and India’s star batsman Virat Kohli before the match between Gujarat and RCB. The surprising thing is that during this time he was holding the mic of Star Sports.
Gavaskar expressed his displeasure at the broadcaster and criticized him for repeatedly showing negative comments. He also got angry at Kohli’s reaction regarding the strike rate. After the powerplay, Kohli’s strike rate has been a topic of discussion this season. Many commentators have also commented on this.
Kohli’s answer to critics
On April 28, Virat Kohli played a brilliant inning of 70 runs in 44 balls against Gujarat in Ahmedabad. After the match, he said on the questions being raised on his batting, ‘People who are talking about my strike rate and saying that I am not playing well, they enjoy talking like this. It doesn’t matter to me. I am doing my work.
Gavaskar’s sharp comment
Before the match in Bengaluru, the commentator who had criticized Virat’s strike rate and this comment of Virat Kohli was being shown repeatedly on Star Sports.
Angered by this, Gavaskar said, “Commentators commented on Virat’s strike rate only when it was 118. I haven’t watched all the matches so I don’t know what other commentators have said other than this. If a batsman bats at a strike rate of 118 and his strike rate remains the same for 14-15 overs and he gets out, I don’t know what kind of praise he needs for that. However, Star Sports should not show only negative comments again and again.
