What was Sunil Gavaskar’s advice to Bangladesh batters during Kanpur Test? Ex-India captain’s cheeky reply stuns everyone

New Delhi: Legendary Sunil Gavaskar gave a hilarious reply to Bangladeshi co-commentator Athar Ali Khan when asked to give a bit of advice for the visiting batters during the second Test match that got finished in Kanpur on Tuesday. The incident took place at the start of fifth and final day of the game. Starting on an overnight score of 26/2, Bangladesh lost four wickets for just three runs at one stage.

Bangladesh sudden middle-order collapse prompted Athar Ali to ask Gavaskar for a piece of advice for the neighbouring batters. To which, Gavaskar replied, “As an Indian, I’ll say get out quickly.” Meanwhile, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored another half-century as India defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in the weather-hit second Test to make a clean sweep of the two-Test series.

India, after dismissing Bangladesh for 146 runs in the second innings, thanks to three-wicket hauls by Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah, achieved the victory target of 95 runs in 17.2 overs, with Jaiswal and Kohli scoring 51 and unbeaten 29 runs respectively.

Earlier, Ashwin (3/50), Jadeja (3/34) and Bumrah (3/17) broke the back of the Bangladesh batting, allowing them the addition of just 120 runs to their overnight total of 26/2. Overnight batter Shadman Islam was the highest scorer for Bangladesh in the second innings, scoring 50 runs.

The lunch session was extended by nearly an hour to complete Bangladesh’s innings. Bangladesh were bundled out for 233 in their first innings before India scored a quick-fire 285/9 and declared their innings on Monday in a match in which two days were completely lost due to a wet outfield.