Shahid Afridi vs Gambhir – IND vs PAK Highlights: The history and war of words between Shahid Afridi & Gautam Gambhir is again in headlines. While India was playing Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday, Shahid Afridi again decided to HIT Gambhir for a SIX by ridiculing. In the latest incident, during an expert panel analysis that was aired on both Indian and Pakistani television channels, Afridi took a dig at former Indian cricketer: Follow Asia Cup 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
“It’s not like I have had a fight with any of the Indian players. Yes, sometimes there are some arguments with Gautam Gambhir on social media,” Afridi said about his relationship with cricketers from India during the show.
“And I think that Gautam is a sort of character who no one likes even in the Indian team.”
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The comment has gone down well with the Indian cricket fans – who are now strongly criticizing Afridi.
This is wrong statement by Afridi 😡@GautamGambhir always will be hero whole india …..Afridi says India team hi pasand nhi karti what nonsense🤬 don’t speak anything about gauti sir🌍
We loved ❤️ Gautam gambhir pic.twitter.com/iugWFXPZ91
— AJ (@biharshain) August 28, 2022
This is wrong statement by Afridi 😡@GautamGambhir always will be hero whole india …..Afridi says India team hi pasand nhi karti what nonsense🤬 don’t speak anything about gauti sir🌍
We loved ❤️ Gautam gambhir pic.twitter.com/iugWFXPZ91— AJ (@biharshain) August 28, 2022
How can @harbhajan_singh laugh on it .Man you have played so much with that guy atleast you should not have laughed on it.#INDvPAK #disappointing https://t.co/LUQa3eg7IO
— Aman Kumar Singh (@rajputaman22) August 28, 2022
Really Mr @SAfridiOfficial ?
Grow up man you are public figure.
Indians are always grateful for what #GautamGambhir did for the country. #INDvPAK https://t.co/8AEGoHkQqY— 𝕊ℍ𝔸ℝ𝔸𝔻 🦁 (@sharad__tweets) August 28, 2022
@harbhajan_singh paaji that’s a shameless laugh, isn’t it? https://t.co/6zm8Cx3njN
— Mrutyu 🍂 (@Am_Rife) August 28, 2022
Meri shikayat usse nahi jo bol rha hai, usse hai jo hans rahe hain…
Shameful from these two… https://t.co/ZoQH15isL2— Rahul Kumar (@rahulk_1019) August 28, 2022
How Gautam Gambhir and Shahid Afridi’s feud turned ugly over the years? The former India and Pakistan cricketers have a long history of run-ins.
Shahid Afridi vs Gambhir – How it started? It all started during a One-Day International between India and Pakistan in Kanpur in 2007. Gambhir, who is now an MP of the Bharatiya Janata Party, 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”.
“Some rivalries were personal, some professional. First the curious case of Gambhir. Oh, poor Gautam. He and his attitude problem. He who has no personality. He who is barely a character in the great scheme of cricket. He who has no great records just a lot of attitude,” wrote Afridi.
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