former indian captain Sunil Gavaskar Has talked about the comparison between the incident between Virat Kohli and Travis Head and his famous 'walk-off' from the MCG Test against Australia.
Kohli Recently, during the IPL 2026 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad, there was a war of words between Head and Head, which ended with the Indian batsman refusing to shake hands with the Australian cricketer after the game.
Gavaskar rejected the claim that the incident was comparable to the 1981 incident. On that occasion, the Indian veteran had refused to walk after being adjudged leg before wicket off Dennis Lillee, but after claiming that the ball had hit his pads. After this a war of words started, due to which Gavaskar and fellow opener Chetan Chauhan had to leave the field.
Speaking to the press, Gavaskar said, “Nothing like this happened, there can be no comparison. You have to ask both of them what happened.”
The cricketer turned commentator said such incidents can happen due to the circumstances of representing the country in a high-intensity sport, in the heat of the moment. The 76-year-old further said that incidents happening today become public very quickly because of social media.
Speaking on the Mid-Wicket Stories show, he said, “Anything can happen in the heat of the moment. There were no stump mics in our time, so nothing went out. But with the stump mic you can hear what's happening. At the end of the day, when you play for your country, you give almost everything, blood, sweat and tears.”
“Everything goes into the public domain very quickly. The clip you saw from 1981, there is video of the incident from 1981, but two people in A.B. [Allan Border] And I'm talking about, this is probably the first time people found out what happened, that's why it took so long. But now thanks to social media, it is probably much more immediate how it will happen,” said the great cricketer.
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