During his side’s Gujarat Giants match against India Capitals, Sreesanth, after being hit for a six and a four in the second over of the match, was involved in a long stare-off with Gambhir.In reply, the former Indian cricket team opener didn’t look amused and stared back at the pacer.
Gambhir scored a brilliant 52 off 30 balls to help India Capitals post a mammoth 223/7 in 20 overs. In reply, Gujarat Giants could muster 211 for 7 in 20 overs and lost the match by 12 runs.
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After the match, Sreesanth, who bagged 1/35 in 3 overs at an economy of 11.70, took to Instagram and narrated the entire incident.
“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,” Sreesanth said in a video posted on his Instagram handle.
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“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. He said things he shouldn’t have said. I will surely let you know what he said,” Sreesanth said.
“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.
Sreesanth’s wife Bhuvneshwari also reacted to the former pacer’s post.
“It is so shocking to hear from Sree that a player who has played for India with him for many years can stoop to this level. Even after so many years of retirement from Active cricket . After all upbringing matters a lot and it shows up when these kind of behaviour comes up on ground. Shocking truly shocking,” she wrote.