Watch: Sunil Gavaskar leaves fans in splits as he trolls Alan Wilkins over 'Kohinoor Diamond'

The 1983 World Cup-winning cricketer turned commentator, Sunil Gavaskar is known for his witty sense of humour. Apart from analysing the game in detail, he brings in a lot of entertainment for the fans. One such incident took place in the game between Rajasthan and Lucknow in the ongoing Indian T20 League.

The match was being played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and the broadcast showed some visuals of the Marine Drive just outside the stadium. British commentator, Alan Wilkins praised the Marine Drive, also known as the 'Queens Necklace'. Gavaskar, who was in a mood to have some fun, then took a sarcastic dig at Wilkins and England, saying India is still waiting for the 'Kohinoor Diamond', adding that Wilkins should convince the queen to return the diamond to India. "We're still awaiting the Kohinoor Diamond," the veteran cricketer said.

"If you have any influence, maybe you can ask the Queen to return it," he added. This left Wilkins and the audience in splits and the video of the same went viral over the internet.

Watch the video here

Sunil Gavaskar just teased @Swannyg66 for Kohinoor Diamond.😀 If British Government really does it , India would accept it wholeheartedly on its 75th birthday. #IPL2022 #RRvLSG pic.twitter.com/2yrmuFrYJ2

— Pankaj (@Pankajlembhe11) April 10, 2022

The hilarious comment caught everyone's attention on Twitter, and fans went wild over it. "A lot of people have demanded to get the Kohinoor back to India but I don't think anyone has asked it as cheekily as Sunil Gavaskar on Global Feed," a fan wrote.

Here are some of the Twitter reactions

Sunil Gavaskar just asked fellow commentator @alanwilkins22 to return the Kohinoor. “If you have any influence, maybe you can ask the Queen to return it.”

😂😂😂

Gavaskar Sir ko Bharat Ratna when?

— Siddharth's Echelon (@SiddharthKG7) April 10, 2022

Thank you, Sunil Gavaskar, for reminding Alan Wilkins about the Kohinoor diamond stolen by the British, for the latter could not stop going gaga over the 'Queen's Necklace', or what we know as the Marine Drive.

— Tushar Gupta (@Tushar15_) April 10, 2022

Only Sunny G can ask an English commentator to ask his government to return the Kohinoor they stole from India on national television. Savage! 😂😂#IPL2022

— Jay (@bhavsarJ2_0) April 10, 2022

Sunil Gavaskar ribbing Alan Wilkins about the British taking away the Kohinoor after Wilkins made a comment about Marine Drive being called the Queen’s Necklace is GOLD! #TATAIPL2022

— Aniruddha Guha (@AniGuha) April 10, 2022

A lot of people have demanded to get the Kohinoor back to India but I don't think anyone has asked it as cheekily as Sunil Gavaskar on Global Feed😂#RRvsLSG #IPL2022 #Kohinoor

— Anuj Trivedi (@anuj10trivedi) April 10, 2022

Sunil gavaskar demanding British commentatr to give back Kohinoor 😂😂#RRvsLSG

— Rohit.Bishnoi (@The_kafir_boy_2) April 10, 2022

Meanwhile, the match between Rajasthan and Lucknow turned out to be an interesting one as the match went down to the wire. Batting first, the men in pink set a target of 166, with the help of a brilliant performance by Shimron Hetmyer. He scored 59 runs in 36 balls to take his team to a respectable total. In the second innings, Marcus Stoinis kept the chase alive as he hit 19 runs in the 19th over, leaving 15 for the last over. Kuldeep Sen kept his nerves and gave just 11 runs, to win the game for his team by 3 runs.