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"Shocked" by the allegations of spot-fixing against three Rajasthan Royals' players, former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar said he was astonished that some cricketers were tempted to make a quick buck despite IPL rewarding them handsomely.
"I am completely shocked. It's a great platform for players to showcase their talent. They are even rewarded over-handsomely...Some of them perhaps over handsomely. To find out that some players are tempted to do something like that, it is shocking," said Gavaskar.
He, however, added that the players must be considered innocent till they are proven guilty.
"We need to wait till the whole thing is over and we also need to look at the situation because you are innocent till you are proved guilty," Gavaskar told NDTV is an exclusive chat.
Gavaskar insisted that during his association with the Indian Premier League since its inception in 2008, he had not felt anything fishy.
"The Twenty20 format is such that the sport sees unorthodox strokes and because of the nature of the format you expect the unexpected as far as cricketing skills are concerned. It's considered part of the game. I haven't seen anything that has raised my eyebrows," he said.
As a commentator, Gavaskar said he describes a shot or delivery by the merit of it but later when he comes to know that it was tweaked, he feels like an idiot.
"You just feel like an idiot. You bring some of your cricketing experience to make case for a particular delivery or a shot and if later on something like this comes up then you think you have been made an absolute fool," he said.
