‘Verify, reality-examine, don’t believe every thing’: Sunil Gavaskar slams fake quotes – Watch | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar has taken a powerful stand in opposition to the rising menace of fake quotes being circulated underneath his title throughout sports activities web sites and social media platforms. In a video shared on his official Instagram deal with, Gavaskar addressed the difficulty head-on, calling out the misattribution of feedback he by no means made and urging followers to be cautious.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“Over the last few months, it has come to my notice that a lot of sports websites and individual accounts have been attributing comments and quotes to me that I’ve never made,” Gavaskar stated within the video. “I request everybody to verify, fact-check, and not to believe everything that they read, particularly coming from some of these individual accounts and sports websites. God bless you all.”Gavaskar, who’s at present in England as a part of the commentary crew for the continuing Test collection between India and England, didn’t level fingers at particular platforms however was visibly disturbed by the development of fabricated remarks being extensively circulated.

The 75-yr-outdated’s statements arrive within the backdrop of a number of alleged “quotes” attributed to him throughout India’s first Test loss at Headingley, particularly after Rishabh Pant’s twin centuries and Jasprit Bumrah’s marathon bowling efforts. Gavaskar’s precise commentary through the match, together with a humorous reversal of his well-known Melbourne jibe about Pant, was twisted by many platforms for engagement.