LLC Masters Live: Former Indian cricket team’s explosive opener Gautam Gambhir and former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi are ‘known enemies’ on the field. Both are going to face each other again on the cricket field. The Legends League Cricket (LLC) Masters is going to be held at the Asian Town Cricket Stadium in Doha. Follow LLC 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
LLC Masters LIVE: Gautam Gambhir and Shahid Afridi REUNITE 16 years after INFAMOUS tussle on pitch, set to clash in Legends League Cricket, Follow India Maharaja vs Asian Lions LIVE
The India Maharaja team will be captained by Gautam Gambhir while the Asia Lions will be led by Shahid Afridi. The first match of the league will be played between India Maharaja and Asia Lions on Friday (March 10). This match will be played from 8:00 pm Indian time. That is, in the very first match, Gambhir and Afridi are going to face each other. Everyone’s eyes will be on this match.
To note, both Gambhir and Afridi have had a fair share of tussle on both off and on the field. It all started during a One-Day International between India and Pakistan in Kanpur in 2007. Gambhir was running down the pitch to complete a run when he collided with Afridi and the two got into a heated argument. Whether Afridi deliberately got in Gambhir’s way or the latter intentionally ran into him is anybody’s guess. But that moment didn’t go unnoticed since it wasn’t common to see Indian and Pakistani players have a go at each other in such an aggressive manner.
In his autobiography Game Changer, Afridi shared his views on the clash he had with Gambhir in 2007. “I remember the run-in with Gambhir during the 2007 Asia Cup [incorrect information] when he completed his single while running straight into me. The umpires had to finish it off or I would have. Clearly, we had a frank bilateral discussion about each other’s female relative,” he wrote. Afridi then goes on to take personal digs at Gambhir, writing that the former India opener has an “attitude problem”.
“Gambhir behaves like he’s a cross between Don Bradman and James Bond. In Karachi, we call guys like him saryal [burnt up]. It’s simple, I like happy, positive people. Doesn’t matter if they are aggressive or competitive, but you have to be positive and Gambhir wasn’t.”
LLC Masters LIVE: Gautam Gambhir and Shahid Afridi REUNITE 16 years after INFAMOUS tussle on pitch, set to clash in Legends League Cricket, Follow India Maharaja vs Asian Lions LIVE
Reacting to this, Gambhir took to Twitter and suggested that Afridi needs psychiatric treatment.
@SAfridiOfficial you are a hilarious man!!! Anyway, we are still granting visas to Pakistanis for medical tourism. I will personally take you to a psychiatrist.
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) May 4, 2019
In another interview, Gambhir said that Afridi hasn’t grown “mentally”. “I am sure he will sell his book better. Some people grow in age, not mentally. Shahid Afridi maybe 36, 37 years old, but he is 16 mentally,” he told India Today. “My records are in the open. Becoming ICC Test player of the year, winning Test series and World Cups. People will decide what I have done for the country. Some people are really mentally ill and so need psychiatrist treatment.”
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