Top 5 Gautam Gambhir Fights On The Cricket Field

Gautam Gambhir was one of the greatest players from the Indian cricket team, who played a crucial role in winning two ICC trophies for Men in Blue in 2007 and 2011. Gambhir was part of the Indian cricket team from 2006 to 2016, where he played several match-winning knocks for the Indian team in his 12 years of long career. Apart from being an extraordinary left-hand batsman, Gambhir was also known for his leadership skills, where he was seen leading the Indian team and the Kolkata-based franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL). You might not be aware that Gautam Gambhir is among the few batters who have scored 2 consecutive Hundreds in Test Matches, which is still an unbreakable record in cricket for any Indian Batsmen. 

The Delhi-born boy was also known for showing his aggression and passion during matches against different teams, which made him on the list of top players who used to fight and sledge on the cricket field. Today, this news piece will be taking you to the top 5 fights of Gautam Gambhir on the field, which shows his passion and aggression for the Indian team.

Top 5 fights of Gautam Gambhir on the field:

1. vs Shahid Afridi 2007 in Kanpur 

Uttar Pradesh Green Park's Stadium witnessed an epic clash against Indian opener Gautam Gambhir and Pakistan's leg spinner Shahid Afridi. It happened when Gambhit was trying to take a quick single on the ball of Afridi and collided against each other, where the crowd witnessed a lot of verbal spats between the two legendary cricketers.

2. vs Andre Nel 2005 in Bangalore

Andre Nel was one of the best pace bowlers from the South African team, who used to dominate the batter with his sheer pace and unplayable deliveries. During an ODI match against Men in Blue, Nel did the same with the former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir, who was in great form in the series by scoring 3 Tons in the last three games for the Indian team. India was chasing a target of 170 runs in 50 overs to win the game in Bengaluru.

Nel tried to distract Gambhir by delivering bouncers, at which Gambhit hit a pull for a six, which made Nel frustrated. After this, Nel and Gambhir were seen exchanging a few words forcing umpires to come in between and calm the situation.

3. vs Shane Watson 2008 Delhi

Shane Watson was one of the most talented all-rounders from the Australian team that made them 3 ICC trophies in 2007, 2009 and 2015. India was playing the Border Gavaskar trophy against Australia in Delhi, where the 42-year-old batter was at the crease seen getting Gambhir not getting out Watson, tried to sledge Gambhir by coming in front of him when he was taking a single. Seeing this, Gambhir stuck his Elbow in Watson's ribcage. In response, both of them were fined for their actions.

4. vs Kamran Akmal 2010 in Dambulla

Gautam Gambhir and the Pakistan team have a great connection with each other. After the last fight against Shahid Afridi in Green Park, now Gambhir was seen arguing with Pakistan's former wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal during the Asia Cup, in 2010 when he continuously appealed behind the wicket Gambhir to make him out. The left hand did not look pleased and was spotted in a verbal spat with a Pakistan cricketer.

5. .vs Virat Kohli 2013 in Bangulauru

It was the first event after the fight between Harbhajan Singha and Sreeshant, where 2 Indian cricketers were spotted together in a verbal spat. It was Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli during a match in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013, where Virat Kohli got triggered by Gautam Gambhir’s over-aggressive celebration of his wicket that made Virat frustrative turned towards KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir where both fired a few words against each other. Rajat Bhatia came in between the players to stop the fight.

'Recently, Gautam Gambhir had a fight with his old Indian teammate Sreesanth in a Legends League Cricket match after he smashed his former teammate for a few boundaries. After the game, Sreeshan said that Gambhir called him "Fu** you fixer" when he was staring at the legendary Indian batter.

Gambhir has represented the Indian Cricket team in 58 Tests and 158 One Day Internationals, where he scored 4154 runs with an average of 41, which includes 9 hundred in Test and 5238 runs in ODI, having 11 hundred to his name with an average of 39.68 in 147 games.