The Legends League Cricket match between Gujarat Giants and India Capitals at the Lalabhai Contractor Stadium was an intense eliminator. The India Capitals won the match by 12 runs in a thrilling encounter that also saw heated exchanges between former Team India former cricketers, Gautam Gambhir and S Sreesanth.
The heated moment happened during India Capitals’ batting as Gambhir faced Sreesanth’s bowling. Gambhir showcased his batting skills, smashing a powerful six on the first ball followed by a four on the next ball. Sreesanth, then bowled a dot ball after which there was a flare-up between the two. The bowler shot a stern glance towards the batsman. Gambhir, not one to step back, replied with a death stare. Fortunately, the situation didn’t escalate further as Sreesanth moved back to the bowling end.
Sreesanth took to social media post match, sharing a video addressing the incident. In the video, Sreesanth expressed his respect for former cricketers but mentioned Gambhir’s language during the live match as unacceptable. He said “Just wanted to clear some air on what happened with Mr. Fighter, who always fights with all his colleagues for no reason whatsoever. He doesn’t even respect his own senior players, including Viru bhai and a lot of people. That’s exactly what happened today. Without any provocation, he just kept on calling me, something which is very rude and something which should not have been said by Mr. Gautam Gambhir,”.
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Now, the bowler has revealed what Gautam Gambhir said to him during their angry exchange at a Legends League match between Gujarat Giants and India Capitals.
During an Instagram live, Sreesanth said “Fixer, fixer, you’re a fixer… you f**k off, fixer. He kept saying that,” revealed Sreesanth in an Instagram live video on his handle on Thursday. “He kept on calling me that, on live television on the centre of the wicket. This is the language he used on live TV. He also told the same thing in front of umpires as they tried to control him.” live.
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He later posted the live video.
