India's head coach Ravi Shastri has shared his views on the Sunil Gavaskar-Anushka Sharma controversy. Gavaskar had made a comment on-air during the IPL 2020 match of Royal Challengers Bangalore which was blown out of proportion and taken as a sexist remark.

The cricketer-turned-commentator Sunil Gavaskar was talking about the viral video of India captain Virat Kohli facing bowling of his wife Anushka in lockdown. But the comment came out as if he's blaming Anushka for Virat's poor form.

Anushka had slammed Gavaskar on her Instagram account for the comment. The Bollywood actress wrote that she would like to hear an explanation from Sunil Gavaskar over his comment.

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In a chat with Times Now, Shastri was asked about his opinion on the 'distasteful' remark. To which he replied, "If Anushka Sharma felt it, she is entitled to say. Whether the comment made by Sunil Gavaskar is agreeable or not, I would not have gone down that route myself".

Gavaskar had explained his comment the next day when he came for the commentary. "I did not make any sexist comment. I said Virat Kohli didn't get time to practice during the lockdown. We all saw how Virat Kohli was practicing on his terrace and Anushka was bowling to him. I just said Virat only got chance to practice on Anushka's bowling." he said. 

(With Times Now Inputs)