“Ishant Sharma Said One Bad Word, He Received 20…”: Ex-Pakistan Star Recalls On-Field Spat | Cricket News

The India-Pakistan cricket matches have witnessed a number of tense moments through the years and contemplating the rivalry between the 2 sides, feelings are usually excessive after they face one another. While the final bilateral sequence between the 2 sides was performed again in 2013, their conferences at the moment are restricted to continental and ICC competitions. When the 2 groups confronted one another in 2012-13, former Pakistan star Kamran Akmal and veteran Indian pacer Ishant Sharma have been embroiled in a heated alternate which ended due to the intervention of MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina.

During a T20I match in Bengaluru, issues bought out of hand as each gamers bought into an enormous verbal spat. In a latest interplay, Akmal recalled the incident and mentioned that though Ishant was the one who began it, he additionally responded with powerful phrases.

“Ishant abused me. He said one bad word, in return he received 20. I’m honest here. We had our flight to Ahmedabad next day, there was a T20I match. I, Virat (Kohli), Shoaib Malik, Hafeez were sitting. Somebody asked, what exactly happened between you two. Ishant said after bowling, I just said a bad word to him. Everybody said, you deserved it coming!” Akmal mentioned throughout a podcast with Roha Nadym for Cricwick.

“It turned out to be serious. But thankfully, Dhoni, the captain cool, then Raina also interfered. They knew who was at fault, so they settled the situation, otherwise it would’ve been worse. I could’ve been banned for two matches, penalized for 5 match fees. It was pretty serious,” he added.