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India Great Sunil Gavaskar Backs Rohit Sharma After Fat-Shaming Row

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India Great Sunil Gavaskar Backs Rohit Sharma After Fat-Shaming Row

By AFP News March 05, 2025 • 10:49 AM View: 2321

Batting great Sunil Gavaskar backed India skipper Rohit Sharma after a fat-shaming post by an Indian politician, saying cricket is about skill not "modelling".

Rohit's India beat Australia in the Champions Trophy semi-final on Tuesday in Dubai but a social media comment on the Indian captain's bodyweight overshadowed the build-up.

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