Farokh Engineer backs Sunil Gavaskar over Virat-Anushka comments

Former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer has come out in support of Sunil Gavaskar who faced backlash on social media for his comments on Anushka Sharma wife of current Team India skipper Virat KohliGavaskar faced a lot of ire on Twitter for a remark he made on Anushka helping Kohli with his practice during the Covid19 induced lockdown with the actress herself demanding an explanation from the legendary cricketerWe Indians lack a sense of humour If Sunil had indeed said so about Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli it must have been in a humorous tone and not in the bad or derogatory taste Engineer said while speaking to Pakistan ObserverKnowing Sunil Gavaskar well I am sure he would have said it jokingly Even in my case people took it very seriously with the result that Anushka had to come out with her statement said Engineer who during 2019 ICC World Cup had found himself in a similar controversy after he reportedly said all that the Indian selectors were doing in England was getting Anushka cups of teaGavaskar himself has issued a clarification saying his comments were misinterpreted As you hear from the commentary Aakash Chopra and I were doing commentary for an Hindi channel And Aakash was talking abot the fact that there has been very little chance for proper practice for everybody That has actually shown in the rustiness of some of the players in their first matches Gavaskar told India TodayRohit Sharma didnt strike the ball well in his first match MSD MS Dhoni didnt strike the ball well Virat Kohli also didnt strike the ball Most of the batsmen have because of the lack of practice he saidThat was the point that was being made Virat also had no practice and the only practice that they had when they were seen them playing in their building compund and Anushka was bowling to him Thats what I said he addedThe former India captain further explained She was bowling to him thats all Where am I blaming her Where am I being sexist in this I am just stating what was seen in the video which was maybe recorded by somebody in the neighbouring buildings and then put up Thats the only thing I am doingKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereAlso download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever