'Sunny G ro denge bache log, itni sachai mat boliye' - Fans react as Sunil Gavaskar slams Rohit Sharma for his 'best of three' suggestion for WTC finals

Former legendary Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar has brutally slammed the current Indian skipper Rohit Sharma for the latter’s statement while suggesting a ‘3-match series for the World Test Championship finals.’ Gavaskar came up with a very hard and fast-lined statement while talking about Rohit Sharma’s suggestion for an ‘ideal’ WTC final.

“I would like to play the 3-Test match series for the WTC Final. We worked hard for two years but only played just one game. I think a 3-match series would be ideal in the next WTC cycle,” said Rohit Sharma in the post-match press conference after the humiliating defeat against Australia in the WTC 2023 final by a massive margin of 209.

Hitting at Rohit Sharma, Gavaskar was seemed quite angry and went a bit harsh while assessing the former’s statement after the match.

“No. This has been decided for a long time, you know even before you enter that first match of the cycle that the final is going to be just one-off. So, you have to be prepared mentally,” said Gavaskar to India Today.

Here's what Sunil Gavaskar said about Rohit Sharma

“Just like you prepare for the IPL, you don’t say best of three. Everybody can have a bad day or a couple of days, but before the first ball of the cycle, you know what it is. So, you can’t be asking for a best of three. Tomorrow, you may say best of five,” he added later.

Subsequently, the cricket fans found the statement from Sunil Gavaskar as an opportunity to troll Rohit Sharma and come up with some interesting reactions and responses. Fans took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to react to Gavaskar’s hit-back at Rohit Sharma.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Sunny G Ro denge bache log..itna sachai mt bolie pic.twitter.com/pHSZ8EEdIq

— Bhaskar 🇮🇳 (@bhaskieRM) June 12, 2023

Sunny Sir spitting absolute facts. It's a one-off game because it's a FINAL.

— FCB Opinions 💙❤️ 🇮🇳 (@Opinions_FCB) June 12, 2023

Gavaskar sir always speaks sense

— Sultan Khan (@MainHoonSultan7) June 12, 2023

Another blow😂😭

— msd_stan (@bdrijalab) June 12, 2023

Sunny G is spitting facts. Rohit made himself a joke by saying best of three.

— Nirmal Jyothi (@majornirmal) June 12, 2023

After playing IPL they were land up for WTC final. So I think there wasn’t much preparation, playing IPL and playing Test needs altogether different mindset. Not sure but maybe a month preparation was needed 🤔

— Sushant Khandagale (@sushantkhandag3) June 12, 2023

Respect to Sunny G

— Vaibhav (@vaibhav06p) June 12, 2023

pic.twitter.com/REnoElJwv5

— RahulK09 (@ch_rahul09) June 12, 2023

Sunny bhai is in some mood from yesterday 🤣🤣💥

— Ezhilarasan Pachamuthu (@Ezhil23111999) June 12, 2023

Then all matches in the cycle should be a 1 match game.

— 𝘼𝙠𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙝 (@AkhileshTekade) June 12, 2023

Rohit is used to playing Eliminator, Qualifier and then final, so it's not his mistake to ask for 3 match WTC finals.

— prashant (@buzaround) June 12, 2023

Then why not determine the finalist via Knock outs?? Finalists were determined by the results of bilateral series only

— sumit rathod (@rathod_sumit) June 12, 2023

Notably, a lot of cricket experts are criticizing the approach of the Indian management to involve players fully in the Indian Premier League for two months and then go into the World Test Championship. Some of the experts reckoned that you can’t prepare for the Tests while giving all of your time in the cash-rich IPL.