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Lucknow: Former India opener Sunil Gavaskar finally broke his silence on the Virat Kohli-Gautam Gambhir brawl that dominated proceedings at the Ekana stadium on Monday when the Royal Challengers Bangalore locked horns with Lucknow Super Giants. Claiming that what had happened is not called for, Gavaskar suggested it is best to suspend Kohli and Gambhir for a few games.
“Well, I saw the visuals only a while ago, I did not see the match live yesterday. These things never look good. What is a 100 per cent match fee? What exactly is a 100 per cent match fee? If it is Kohli, who is on maybe ₹17 crore for RCB, which means ₹17 crore for a possible 16 matches, including the semi-finals, and finals. So you are talking about a crore of rupees. Is he going to be fined ₹1 crore and more? Well, that’s a very, very stiff fine,” Gavaskar said in a conversation on Star Sports.
“So, my point, do something which will make sure, these things don’t happen again. If it has to you know, like it happened with Harbhajan and Sreesanth 10 years ago, that you have to ask them to maybe step aside for a couple of matches. Make sure you do something that ensures that these things don’t happen and also something that will hurt the team. That’s a stiff one,” he added.
Meanwhile, RCB won the game by 18 runs to keep their hopes of making the playoffs alive. Kohli and Gambhir were slapped fines for the breach of the IPL Code of Conduct.
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