India-Pakistan Rivalry | Most Controversial Moments in India-Pakistan Cricket

2. Gautam Gambhir and Shahid Afridi 

Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir is known for on-field altercations among his peers. The opener, who played an integral part in India's last two World Cup successes is seemingly a hot-headed person. So is Pakistan's Shahid Afridi. Afridi being the all-rounder he was, always remained in the news for different reasons.

One of the incidents happened involving these two cricketers during the bilateral series. Back in 2007, Pakistan toured India for the series. During the third match of the ODI series, Gambhir hit a boundary off Afridi's bowling and said something nasty things.  Though Afridi didn't react much to the provocation initially, later in the same over they collided while Gambhir was trying to sneak a single. Consequently, a verbal spat between these two stalwarts of the game broke out during the game.

Things started to look ugly as the match officials had to intervene to keep them apart. After the match, the match referee produced a report to the ICC (International Cricket Council) regarding this issue and some heavy disciplinary actions were taken. Afridi was fined 95 per cent of his match fees while Gambhir had to pay 65 per cent of his match fees as a punishment.