Rohit and Kohli were reportedly unhappy with Gavaskar's comments on their batting.
Sunil Gavaskar is perhaps the greatest opener produced by India. The first batter to score 10,000 runs and 30 centuries in Tests, Gavaskar had an amazing career that included a World Cup win in 1983. He called time on his cricketing career in 1987 and, since then, has been a guide to the young cricketers.
He is always available to help youngsters and send goosebumps through his commentary. There are numerous instances in the careers of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, and even Virender Sehwag where they sought guidance from the great man and were rewarded by experiencing a change of pace in their careers.
Karsan Ghavri, a former fast bowler for India, dislikes ignoring Gavaskar. The fact that none of the Indian batters idolize Gavaskar, let alone contact him for advice, actually saddens the Little Master's former teammate.
"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 in the media—that Sunil Gavaskar has advised Virat Kohli, or Rohit Sharma, or Shubman Gill something—but we never got to hear any such thing," Ghavri said on the Vickey Lalwani Show.
Ghavri also shared his thoughts on the alleged report of a tiff between Rohit Sharma and Sunil Gavaskar. According to a story published a few months back, Rohit protested to the BCCI about Gavaskar and his remarks during India's Border-Gavaskar Trophy tour of Australia earlier this year.
Additionally, the tense relationship between Gavaskar and Virat Kohli during the final IPL season made news when the RCB star took offense at the great player's misgivings about Virat's strike rate.
Ghavri maintained that his critique should be interpreted positively rather than negatively, arguing that Gavaskar does not merit such disrespect.
"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.