Watch: Sunil Gavaskar trolls Alan Wilkins for 'Kohinoor Diamond' in a rib-tickling banter, fans react

The ongoing season of the Indian T20 League has been full of entertainment so far. While the cricketing action has managed to keep the fans stuck to the TV sets, a few moments outside the field has also grabbed some limelight. Cricketer turned commentator Sunil Gavaskar left his fellow commentator in splits after he teased Alan Wilkins on the Kohinoor Diamond, which is currently in possession of Queen Of England.

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The incident happened in the seventh over of the Rajasthan innings, who were batting first after losing the toss against Lucknow on April 10. Ahead of the last ball of the over, Wilkins complimented the Marine Drive in Mumbai by saying 'Queen's Necklace'. In reply, Gavaskar took no time in reminding the British commentator that the necklace is known as 'Kohinoor Diamond'. The former India skipper added that the country is still waiting for the jewel to be returned.

"We're still awaiting the Kohinoor Diamond," said the former India skipper. The 1983 World Cup further added that Wilkins might influence the British Government to return the jewel to India. The duo burst into laughter.

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Sunil Gavaskar just teased @Swannyg66 for Kohinoor Diamond.😀 If British Government really does it , India would accept it wholeheartedly on its 75th birthday. #IPL2022 #RRvLSG pic.twitter.com/2yrmuFrYJ2

— Pankaj (@Pankajlembhe11) April 10, 2022

The comment became the talk of the internet with some of the Netizens praising the 72-year-old for his comment. One user sarcastically asked when will the Mumbai-born will get the Bharat Ratna. Have a look at some of the Tweets made by Netizens.

Sunil Gavaskar just asked fellow commentator @alanwilkins22 to return the Kohinoor. “If you have any influence, maybe you can ask the Queen to return it.”

😂😂😂

Gavaskar Sir ko Bharat Ratna when?

— Siddharth's Echelon (@SiddharthKG7) April 10, 2022

Thank you, Sunil Gavaskar, for reminding Alan Wilkins about the Kohinoor diamond stolen by the British, for the latter could not stop going gaga over the 'Queen's Necklace', or what we know as the Marine Drive.

— Tushar Gupta (@Tushar15_) April 10, 2022

Only Sunny G can ask an English commentator to ask his government to return the Kohinoor they stole from India on national television. Savage! 😂😂#IPL2022

— Jay (@bhavsarJ2_0) April 10, 2022

Sunil Gavaskar ribbing Alan Wilkins about the British taking away the Kohinoor after Wilkins made a comment about Marine Drive being called the Queen’s Necklace is GOLD! #TATAIPL2022

— Aniruddha Guha (@AniGuha) April 10, 2022

A lot of people have demanded to get the Kohinoor back to India but I don't think anyone has asked it as cheekily as Sunil Gavaskar on Global Feed😂#RRvsLSG #IPL2022 #Kohinoor

— Anuj Trivedi (@anuj10trivedi) April 10, 2022

Sunil gavaskar demanding British commentatr to give back Kohinoor 😂😂#RRvsLSG

— Rohit.Bishnoi (@The_kafir_boy_2) April 10, 2022

Meanwhile, the 125-Test veteran's comments wasn't the only thing that grabbed attention. During the game, Rajasthan's Ravichandran Ashwin decided to retire out with only eight balls left in the innings. The decision was supposedly made to let the more skillful big-hitter Riyan Parag to enter the pitch and make some impact.