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Former India cricketer and one of the greats of the game of cricket, Sunil Gavaskar has been very vocal of his opinions, both on and off the field. Gavaskar, who is currently in England as a part of the commentary panel for the highly-anticipated India tour of England, recently called out at fake news spreaders. The 75-year-old, took to his social media handle to request the rumour mongers to “fact-check” before spreading fake news.
Notably, the request from the legend came after several sports websites and individual accounts attributed fake quotes against him over the past few months. In the wake of the same, the 75-year-old urged them to verify and fact-check before opening up about the same.
I request everybody to verify, fact-check: Sunil Gavaskar warns fans on spreading fake quotes
Taking to his official Instagram handle, Gavaskar shared a video message, requesting everyone to “verify and fact-check” before spreading the news like a wildfire. In the message, he said, "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. I request everybody to verify, fact-check, and not to believe everything that they write, particularly coming from some of these individual accounts and sports websites."
Watch video of Gavaskar’s request for fake news spreaders:
Furthermore, it has to be seen that Gavaskar’s comments have been going viral after he backtracked on his comments from the Melbourne Test against Australia in the BGT 2024-25. In the first Test in Leeds last week, Gavaskar came up with a new quip after Rishabh Pant reached his hundred as he shouted “Superb, superb, superb” this time.
