Hyderabad: Former Indian cricketers Gautam Gambhir and S Sreesanth were seen involved in an ugly on-field spat in a Legends League game between Gujarat Lions and India Capitals played in Surat on Wednesday.
The ongoing feud between both cricketers took an ugly turn on Thursday as Sreesanth claimed that the former Indian opener had called him a cheater during the on-field fight. The enmity between the two players started during the second over of the India Capitals' innings when Gambhir played a dot ball after hitting a six and four against S Sreesanth. However, the rivalry flared after the sixth over as the two players were seen charging towards each other and umpires had to intervene to restore the order.
On the same night, Sreesanth posted a video on social media saying that Gambhir was very rude and he would reveal the details of the verbal banter between the two players.
Now, a day later, Sreesanth, in a video he posted on his official Instagram handle, has revealed that Gambhir repeatedly addressed him as a "fixer" even after umpires intervened. Sreesanth claimed that throughout the spat, he did not respond to Sreesanth with any "bad word".
"He kept on calling me on live TV, on the centre wicket, I didn't use a single bad word, a single abusive word to him. I only said ' What are you saying?'" Sreesanth said.
"In fact, I kept laughing sarcastically because he kept calling me, ' Fixer, fixer, you are a fixer … f*** off fixer.
Later replying to Gautam Gambhir fan page, Sreesanth said, "Please check the audio..it’s very clear ..where he is using the word many times…I agree you're a team but what he did or said is unforgivable, hitting one six and boundary to good balls isn’t any bad..it’s good shots..no talk in cricket here..ur g (Gautam Gambhir) will learn sooner or later..."
The incident reignited memories of the incident when Sreesanth was banned from international cricket for his involvement in the 2013 spot-fixing scandal. The Supreme Court set his sentence aside, which resulted in BCCI reducing the Indian pacer's ban to seven years.
This is not the first time Gambhir has been involved in an on-field altercation. He has had fiery exchanges with Virat Kohli a couple of times during the IPL, including earlier this year when Royal Challengers Bangalore took on Lucknow Super Giants. Gambhir was LSG's mentor back then.
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