Watch: Sunil Gavaskar's Cheeky "Will Not Accept" Remark on Irfan Pathan's Apology
On Thursday, the hopes of Team India winning a Test series in South Africa ended within three days as the Rohit Sharma-led side was comprehensively beaten in the first Test of a two-match series in Centurion. While South Africa made 408 batting second, India were bowled out for 245 and 131 in their first and second innings, respectively, losing the match by an innings and 32 runs. While analysing the century of KL Rahul in the first innings, former India cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Irfan Pathan were involved in a light-hearted conversation.
Irfan praised the performance of Rahul, following his centurion in the first inning, while highlighting his technique and batting style. The former India all-rounder, however, apologised to the living legend, Gavaskar, for the long speech.
Watch the video here.
However, the former captain of Team India said he wouldn't accept the apology as he felt that Irfan was doing brilliant analysis of Rahul's technique.
Gavaskar said, "Inhone mujhe sorry bola lekin main accept nahi karunga.”
Irfan also shared the video on his social media handle with a heartwarming caption. The caption read, "Gratitude fills me today, and it's not just any day—thanks to Sunny sir for the uplifting compliment. Truly made my year. Grateful.”