'Sunil Gavaskar should retire from public speaking' - Twitter slams former cricketer insensitive comment on late Shane Warne

Netizens on Twitter have lost their cool and slammed former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar for his comments on late Shane Warne. Former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne died of a heart attack on March 4. Warne was staying in a villa with his three friends in Thailand. The news was a shocking one for the cricket fraternity as he recently did a commentary during a five-match T20I series between Australia and Sri Lanka.

Also, not to forget he was just 52 years old. Anyways, Gavaskar was part of the panel of a show which was breaking the news of Warne's death and several others were asked to speak on the legendary spinner. The 1983 World Cup winner went to say that Warne wasn't the greatest spinner while explaining the latter's stats in Tests in India. The 125-Test veteran went to rank Muttiah Muralitharan as the best spinner in the world.

However, Gavaskar said that the 2008 Indian T20 League trophy-winning skipper had a knack for spotting talents but the netizens have called the former out for his earlier comments.

"No I wouldn't say that (Warne is the greatest spinner of all time). For me, the Indian spinners and Muttiah Muralitharan were certainly better than Shane Warne. Because look at his record against India. His record is pretty ordinary against India. He got five wickets only once in Nagpur. Because he didn't have much success against the Indian team, I would rank Muralitharan over him in my book," Gavaskar said Sports Today.

"I think that particular inaugural season was amazing because he didn't have big names," he said. "Warnie definitely had the knack of spotting talent. As far as he was the best captain Australia never had, the Australian selection committee knows its job. So let's reserve our judgement on that as well, " added Gavaskar.

Twitter loses its cool after Gavaskar comments

I really think that because of Gavaskar's stature as a cricketer, no one has felt the need to correct him or felt it was not ideal to correct him when he's been wrong. And I feel that's one of the reasons why he keeps saying things which are not ideal (or correct).

— Gurkirat Singh Gill (@gurkiratsgill) March 5, 2022

Shocking tone deafness from Gavaskar. A). How can you take a public platform and air your personal theories about the tragedy B). How can you take this as a moment to one up a player because your fav won a head to head C). Not relevant but how nationalist do you have to be to-

— Dweplea (@dweplea) March 4, 2022

Hated Gavaskar when he had spoken crap after David Hookes' death.

And now him nitpicking on Warney's stats on the day of his death feels so triggering.

Surprising that it comes from a man who has spent so many years on the mic on international telivision.

— Vipul (@Sporty_Baba) March 5, 2022

Mr Gavaskar could've avoided rating other spinner over shane..Man, this is tribute and no one cares who is the best in ur book..

— JAMES (@ImJames_) March 5, 2022

Sunil Gavaskar is so embarrassing lol, not just to himself but to Indian cricket too🤦🏻‍♀️ buddhau just doesn't know what is to be said at what point in time. pic.twitter.com/4wa52i9wAm

— tanya (@th3r2pyy) March 5, 2022

Did Warne call Gavaskar a self-important bore who singlehandedly put people off cricket from the commentary booth?

Because he'd have been absolutely right. Someone needed to slap Gavaskar 20 years ago to straighten him out.

— Benhanen (@kela9123) March 5, 2022

On the day of death of one of the greatest cricketers ever, an Indian legend on air was found saying, how someone else was better than the deceased — reiterating that he has just one five-wicket haul in India. Well done, sir 👏🏻 #Gavaskar #ShaneWarne

— Ramachandra.M/ ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ.ಎಮ್ (@nanuramu) March 5, 2022

Sunil Gavaskar should retire from public speaking .. so shameful

— Rishi Kapoor (@Rishikapoor1980) March 4, 2022