“Do you think he'll go out after scoring 0,0? No way” - Sunil Gavaskar opens up on Virat Kohli’s ‘raising gloves’ gesture

Former Indian cricketer and commentator Sunil Gavaskar has opened up on the Indian talismanic batter Virat Kohli’s gesture of raising his gloves after bagging his second consecutive duck in the three-match ODI series against Australia Down Under.

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Speaking exclusively on Sports Tak, Gavaskar emphasized that the gesture was an acknowledgment of the members’ enclosure that has members from the first-class cricket and Test cricket. He also assured the Indian cricketing fraternity about Kohli’s participation in the third and final ODI in Sydney. 

"No, no, no. Don't read too much into that gesture. The ovation he got when he came to bat was great. There were Indian supporters as well as Australian supporters who gave him such a great ovation. Especially the Australian fans gave him such an ovation, and he acknowledged them. Because from where the players come out, there's a members' enclosure. Members mean the people who have played first-class cricket, Test cricket. So he gave them that acknowledgement. Don't read too much into it," Gavaskar told Sports Tak.

"He'll surely play in Sydney. Kohli is not a player who gives up. Do you think he'll go out after scoring 0,0? No way. He'll go out on a high. There was no signal. After Sydney, it'll be the ODIs vs South Africa at home. There are many more ODIs. I'll say that 2027 is the target for Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma," he added.

For the unversed, Kohli made his international comeback for the first time since the conclusion of the ICC Champions Trophy in March 2025. Later, he bid adieu to the longest format of the game ahead of the England tour. Notably, he had already retired from the shortest format of the game earlier in June 2024.

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