Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has set the record straight through his column that he did not ask the BCCI permission to return home from the 1975-76 New Zealand and West Indies tours to witness the birth of his son Rohan.

In the wake of Virat Kohli's paternity leave (the to-be father will leave for India after the opening Test of the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy), it was reported that Gavaskar was not granted permission to undertake a short trip to India.