Anushka Sharma has always been bold with her persona and statements, and like a queen shut down all the critics, here are some of the instances, when the actress encountered heavy criticisms from veteran cricketers like Sunil Gavaskar and Farokh Engineer.
Back in IPL 2020, when Sunil Gavaskar called out Virat Kohli for his performance, he went personal and dragged Anushka Sharma into it! The commentator was called out for his sexist remarks by the netizens, right after. However, Sharma too took it to her social media and spoke her mind upright, saying, “That, Mr Gavaskar, your message is distasteful is a fact but I would love for you to explain why you thought of making such a sweeping statement on a wife accusing her of her husband’s game? I’m sure over the years you have respected the private lives of every cricketer while commenting on the game. Don’t you think you should have an equal amount of respect for me and us? I’m sure you can have many other words and sentences in your mind to use to comment on my husband’s performance from last night or your words only relevant if you use my name in the process? It’s 2020 and things still don`t change for me. When will I stop getting dragged into cricket and stop being used to pass sweeping statements?” She further added, “Respected Mr Gavaskar, you are a legend whose name stands tall in this gentleman`s game. Just wanted to tell you what I felt when I heard you say this.”, as quoted by DNA
Another time, when Anushka Sharma called out the former cricketer Farokh Engineer is when he said that he had seen Indian national selectors serving Anushka Sharma tea at ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, in the UK. She said, “It’s not like this last piece of ‘news’ has upset me more and that’s why I have decided to break my silence. They have all been as regressive and horrible and malicious and vicious. So, don’t take this letter as my retort to this ‘news’.”, Here, take a look at the post she shared on her social media-
