Sunil Gavaskar on Shimron Hetmyer: Sunil Gavaskar surrounded by commenting on Shimron Hetmyer’s wife, fans said – don’t make such lewd jokes on the wives of others Sunil Gavaskar commented during the Rajasthan-Chennai match in IPL, which started going viral on social media. Fans also demanded to remove him from commentary.
In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season, Rajasthan Royals (RR) registered a resounding victory and qualified for the playoffs by staying at number two. Rajasthan defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni by 5 wickets.
Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar, who was commentating in the same match, made such a comment on Nirwani, wife of Rajasthan team player Shimron Hetmyer, which is getting fiercely criticized everywhere. Fans called it a lewd comment.
Actually, in the match, the Rajasthan team came out to chase the target of 151 runs. During this, the team had scored 104 runs in 15 overs losing 4 wickets. West Indies players Shimron Hetmyer and Ravichandran Ashwin were present at the crease. Hetmyer was the new batsman to come to the crease. Rajasthan’s team needed 47 runs in 30 balls to win. During this, Gavaskar made a lewd comment about Hetmyer’s wife in a funny way.
What did Gavaskar comment on Nirvani?
During the commentary, Gavaskar said, ‘Shimran Hetmyer’s wife has delivered. Will Hetmyer now deliver for Rajasthan?’ Actually, Hetmyer’s wife gave birth to a child on May 10 itself. Hetmyer was then present with his wife. After everything was fine, Hetmyer returned to India and joined the team, and played his last match of the group stage. However, Hetmyer could not do much in the match and was dismissed after scoring 6 runs.
Gavaskar has also commented on Kohli’s wife
This is not the first time that Gavaskar has made a controversial comment on a player’s wife. Earlier, even during IPL 2020, Gavaskar had commented on Virat Kohli’s wife and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma.
Then he took a jibe at Kohli’s form, after which Anushka Sharma wrote a lengthy post on social media criticizing Sunil Gavaskar’s statements. Later, Gavaskar clarified that his statement had been misrepresented.
Fans set up Gavaskar’s class, trolled fiercely
This comment of Gavaskar has started going viral on social media. Fans also demanded the removal of Gavaskar from the commentary. A user while advising Gavaskar said that he should stop making lewd comments on the wives of others like this.
The user said in a polite tone, ‘Sunil Gavaskar sir, in a professional sport why do you try to be funny by commenting on the wives of others?
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