Ex-Indian cricketer slams Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Shubman Gill for disrespecting Sunil Gavaskar

Most people agree that Sunil Gavaskar is the best opening batsman in India. His remarkable career included winning the World Cup in 1983 and becoming the first player to reach 10,000 Test runs and 30 centuries. Since his retirement in 1987, he has served as a mentor to numerous young people.

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Gavaskar is always friendly and never stops motivating others with his wise counsel and thought-provoking observations. He has been consulted by Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, and Sachin Tendulkar.

Karsan Ghavri, a former fast bowler for India, dislikes ignoring Gavaskar. The fact that none of the current lot of Indian batters idolize Gavaskar, let alone contact him for advice, actually saddens the Little Master's former teammate.

He took the name of India Test captain Shubman Gill, stating that the youngsters of the Indian team, including him, should go to Gavaskar for advice.

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"Gavaskar has been doing commentary for the last 25 years. His comments are so precious to any young player. It's very unfortunate that our own players don't go to him for any advice. Even players from outside go to him. Every Indian batter should go to him, including Shubman Gill.

I don't know whether he's gone to him or not, but if he hasn't, he should. Somewhere, it would have come out in the media—that Sunil Gavaskar has advised Virat Kohli, or Rohit Sharma, or Shubman Gill, or someone—but we never got to hear any such thing," Ghavri said on the Vickey Lalwani Show.

“You may be Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli”—Karsan Ghavri on controversies about the stars complaining about Sunil Gavaskar.

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Ghavri also focused on the purported claims that Rohit Sharma was not happy with Gavaskar. According to news published a few months ago, Rohit had complained to the BCCI over Gavaskar's comments made during India's Border-Gavaskar Trophy tour of Australia earlier this year.

The RCB star's angry reaction to the legend's concerns about his strike rate during the previous IPL season further fueled rumors about Gavaskar and Virat Kohli's disagreements. In light of this, Ghavri believed Gavaskar did not merit this kind of treatment and emphasized that his comments should be taken positively rather than negatively.

"It is nonsense. You may be Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli. They must respect the great man. Because if he tells you something or is advising you on something, that is for your own good. Ravi Shastri is an open-hearted guy. When it comes to criticizing somebody, he will do it, but Sunil does it in a very different manner. He is known for saying things totally different from Ravi Shastri," he pointed out.

Karsan Ghavri played 39 Tests for India from 1975 to 1981. He took 109 wickets and made 913 runs. He also played 19 ODIs, scoring 114 runs and taking 15 wickets.

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