The name Sunil Gavaskar is an institution when it comes to Indian cricket. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are big names in their own right. But according to one former Indian cricketer, these three have ‘disrespected’ the legend and he is not happy about it.

Former fast bowler Karsan Ghavri feels that while foreign players and the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman always turned to the great man for help, these current ones do not. He wishes that was not the case.

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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 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," he said while speaking on the Vickey Lalwani Show.

"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 their own good. Ravi Shastri is an open-hearted guy. When it comes to criticising somebody, he will do it, but Sunil does it in a very different manner. He is known for saying things totally different to Ravi Shastri," he added.

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Ghavri referred to Rohit’s alleged complaint against Gavaskar during the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy and also the rift with Virat Kohli in IPL 2024. He is of the opinion that Gavaskar does not deserve such disrespect.

Gavaskar was the first man to score 10,000 Test runs and for over 20 years had the most Test 100s in the world. Kohli and Rohit are in the twilight of their careers while Gill is in his prime.