Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir has taken a dig at cricketing superstars who endorse pan masala merchandise through surrogate merchandise in commercials.
Through the recently-concluded version of the Indian Premier League, legendary former cricketers like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle have been seen selling “silver-coated elaichi” — a mouth-freshener made by a well-known pan-masala firm.
“I by no means thought in my life a cricketer would do a pan masala advert. It’s disgusting and disappointing. That’s the reason I say, select your position fashions rigorously. What instance are you setting?” World Cup winner Gambhir mentioned in an interview with News18.
It have to be famous that within the query requested to Gambhir or in his response, no cricketer was named.
“One will get recognised not by their title, however by the work they do. Crores of youngsters are watching you. Cash just isn’t that vital that you’ll finish of doing a pan masala advert. There are such a lot of different methods to earn a living.
“It is best to have the braveness to let go of an enormous pay cheque fairly than do such issues,” he added.
The left-handed batter added that in 2018, when he had stepped down from Delhi Capitals captaincy, he was supplied Rs 3 crore to star in a pan masala advert. However he had chosen to excuse himself on precept.
“I may have taken the cash, however I left it as a result of I at all times consider that I ought to get what I deserve. Sachin Tendulkar was supplied Rs 20-30 crores to behave in pan masala adverts as effectively. However he mentioned no to those pan masala adverts. He had promised his father that he would by no means interact in such stuff, which is why he’s a task mannequin,” mentioned Gambhir.