Another major controversy in the making in the cricketing world after former Team India cricketers S Sreesanth and Gautam Gambhir lost their calm on the cricket field. Gambhir-Sreesanth fight took place during the Legends League Cricket in Surat on Wednesday night. Things became so ugly that Sreesanth had to share his video on social media explaining what happened with Gautam Gambhir on the field. As a result, the Sreesanth-Gambhir fight video went viral and fans were shocked watching two former team-mates arguing in front of the crowd and the national television.
For the unversed, Gambhir and Sreesanth were involved in a long stare-off during the match at LLC, a tournament for retired cricket stars. In the viral video, Gujarat Giants' Sreesanth was seen giving a long stare at India Capitals' Gautam Gambhir after getting hit for a six and a four. The former Indian cricket team opener was not amused and stared back. However, tempers started to flare on the ground when Sreesanth and Gambhir confronted each other and umpires had to come in between to stop them.
Notably, Gautam Gambhir scored 51 off 30 balls as India Capitals scored 223/7 in 20 overs in the LLC Eliminator match. Sreesanth took 1/35 in three overs. In reply, Gujarat Giants managed 211/7 in 20 overs and lost by 12 runs. When Gambhir was addressing the media during the presentation ceremony, Sreesanth made his selfie video and explained what happened on the field. Below is what Sreesanth said-
What did Gautam Gambhir say to Sreesanth?
Sreesanth in a Instagram video said, "Just wanted to clear the air with what happened with Mr fighter. One who always fights with all his colleagues. For no reason whatsoever. He does not even respect his own senior players, including Viru Bhai. That's exactly what happened today. Without any provocation, he just kept on calling me something which was very rude which shouldn't have been said by Mr Gautam Gambhir.."
"I am not at all at fault here. I just wanted to clear the air straight away. What Mr Gauti has done, sooner or later all of you will get to know. The words which he used and the things he said on a cricket field, live, is not acceptable. My family, my state, everybody has gone through so much. I fought that battle with all your support. Now people want to down me for no reason..
What's the point of representing people if you don't respect your own colleagues? Even in broadcasting when he is asked about Virat, he never speaks about him. He speaks about something else. I don't want to go further in detail. Just want to say I am very hurt and my family is hurt and my dear ones are hurt. And the way he said things…. I haven't used a single bad word or a single abuse, nothing. He just kept on saying words which he always does,” Sreesanth added.