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Sunny fumes over Kohli’s rant

Updated on: 06 May,2024 08:01 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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The word ‘box’ gave it away and it was meant for the commentators who Kohli probably felt were going on about his strike-rate

Sunny fumes over Kohli’s rant

Sunil Gavaskar

For me, it’s about winning games for the team. I’m not quite sure that if you haven’t been in situation yourself, to sit and talk about the game from the box.” No prizes of guessing who Virat Kohli directed the above reaction to. The word ‘box’ gave it away and it was meant for the commentators who Kohli probably felt were going on about his strike-rate.


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Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar was not impressed. Before Saturday’s RCB v GT game in Bangalore, he fumed: “All these guys talk about, ‘oh we don’t care about outside noise’. Accha! Then, why are you replying to any outside noise or whatever it is? We all played a bit of cricket, not a lot of cricket. We don’t have agendas. We speak about what we see. We don’t necessarily have any likes and dislikes. Even if we have likes and dislikes, we actually speak on what is happening.” Gavaskar also expressed his disappointment over Star Sports airing that Kohli reaction time and again.


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