Top 5 Heated Exchanges Between India And Pakistan Cricketers

There is no denying the fact, the matches between India and Pakistan matches have always been entertaining for the fans of both the countries and there have been a lot of heated exchanges going between the cricketers during these matches. The high intensity of these games has often been one of the reasons and also the pride of winning it for the nation remains a crucial part.

This is set to continue again in the India-Pakistan rivalry in the T20 World cup 2021 this year and it is expected to be a belter of a contest already. With a note on that, let us have a look at the top 5 heated on-field exchanges between India and Pakistan matches:

1 Kiran More vs Javed Miandad

The Indian wicket-keeper Kiran More had been involved in an ugly verbal banter with his Pakistan counterpart, Javed Miandad in the 1992 World cup and it has been one of the most talked-about incidents. the banter started with a jumping appeal by Kiran More which Miandad did not take easy.

As a result, the two players got involved in some exchange of words and the next appeal saw Javed Miandad completing the run safely and More still flipped the bails. Miandad jumped up with the bat in the same way More appealed and it imitated the Indian wicket-keeper which did not go down well with the crowd.

2 Gautam Gambhir vs Kamran Akmal

Kamran Akmal is famously remembered by Indian fans for his two infamous on-field clashes with the Indian players. There were instances where Akmal got into an on-field fight with Indian players. The Pakistan wicketkeeper exchanged heated arguments with Gautam Gambhir and Ishant Sharma on different occasions.

Gautam Gambhir and Kamran Akmal exchanged a heated argument between overs during the Asia Cup 2010 match in Dambulla. The umpires had to intervene as both the players kept having a go at each other. Every Indian cricket fans remember the image of Nonstriker MS Dhoni taking Gambhir aside and calming him down.

3 Aamir Sohail vs Venkatesh Prasad

Venkatesh Prasad was involved in a sledging incident with Aamir Sohail during the high-octane India-Pakistan ICC World Cup 1996 quarter-final in Bengaluru. The incident took place in the 15th over of Pakistan’s unsuccessful 288-run chase as the men in green got the required start owing to the brilliant knocks from Saeed Anwar and Sohail. The latter kept on smashing the Indian bowlers from the word go.

In the 15th over, he came down the track and smashed Prasad to the extra-cover boundary and Sohail sledged the pacer by pointing his fingers at the cover boundary, hinting he would send the following ball to the same place. However, Prasad dismissed the batsman by sending his off-stump for a cartwheel. Pakistan collapsed after Sohail’s dismissal as they went from 113 for 1 to 239 for 9, eventually getting knocked out of the tournament.

4 Shoaib Akthar vs Harbhajan Singh

The latest of the incidents happened between Shoaib Akthar and Harbhajan Singh in the 2010 Asia cup in Dambulla. India was playing against Pakistan and one can always expect things to go out of hand. The precisely same thing happened that day when India needed 7 runs off the last 7 balls to chase down Pakistan’s 267. Shoaib Akhtar was bowling to Harbhajan Singh and they had a verbal banter between each other with the turbanator tried to hit the fast bowler for a six.

5 Gautam Gambhir vs Shahid Afridi

Both the players suddenly had an ugly spat of words exchanged and the umpires had to involve to stop them from making the situation go out of hand. Eventually, Team India won the match owing to some brilliant all-around performance of Yuvraj Singh who played a steady hand in the middle to take India to a respectable total.