5 times when cricketers abused opponents on the field
There is a very clear line between friendly banter and abusing when it comes to sledging. Some players just cross the line in some instances.
3. Shahid Afridi-Gautam Gambhir spat
Like Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir is also from Delhi and an aggressive player. On and off the field, you will never see Gambhir mincing his words. However, this time he went a bit far with this. The incident happened during an ODI match in Kanpur between India and Pakistan.
During the Indian innings, Gambhir along with Yuvraj Singh was trying to find some momentum. Shahid Afridi had gone for runs and he was still being attacked by the pair. While taking a single off the bowling the leg-spinner, Gambhir collided with him in the middle of the pitch. Though it didn’t hurt either of two players, Afridi didn’t take the collision lightly.
Afridi went on to say something to Gambhir, to which the left-handed responded furiously. The pair exchanged abuses between each other until the umpire intervened. During the incident, both the players abused each other in Hindi and their words can be decoded when the video is watched properly.
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