Ever since Afridi published his autobiography ‘The Gamechanger’, the battle of words between former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir and former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has been raging hard. The conflict starting when the book came out and had documented Afridi’s opinion of the cricketer.
“Some rivalries were personal, some professional. First the curious case of Gambhir. Oh poor Gautam. He & 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,” Afridi had written in his autobiography.
This led to Gambhir taking to twitter, addressing the allegations Afridi had lined up against him. On Saturday, he wrote: “Someone who doesn’t remember his age how will he remember my records! ok. Shahid Afridi let me remind you one: 2007 T20 WC final, Ind vs Pak Gambhir 75 off 54 balls vs Afridi 0 off 1 ball. Most important: We won the Cup. And yes, I’ve attitude towards liars, traitors & opportunists,”
Someone who doesn’t remember his age how will he remember my records!OK @SAfridiOfficial let me remind u one: 2007 T20 WC final, Ind Vs Pak Gambhir 75 off 54 balls Vs Afridi 0 off 1 ball. Most imp: We won the Cup. And yes, I’ve attitude towards liars, traitors & opportunists.
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 18, 2020
Since the last year, this back and forth has been apparently going on, Afridi had also said:
“Gambhir behaves like he’s a cross between Don Bradman & James Bond. In Karachi we call guys like him saryal (burnt up). It’s simple, I like happy, positive people. Doesn’t matter if they are aggressive or competitive, but you have to be positive & Gambhir wasn’t,” he further wrote in his autobiography.
To this the former Indian cricketer lashed out and tweeted last year: @SAfridiOfficial you are a hilarious man!!! Anyway, we are still granting visas to Pakistanis for medical tourism. I will personally take you to a psychiatrist.
With seemingly endless bickering between the two athletes, the saga shall continue on the public platform and they both will remain at loggerheads in the long haul.
Many fans of Afridi in Pakistan did not take lightly to Gambhirs tweet and gave their own piece of mind:
Shahid afridi also took some wickets..for your kind info.. SA is super star..
— imran khan afridi (@imrankafridii) May 4, 2019
I was thinking about posting video of of sixes Afridi hit against india but then I realised he has hit 75 sixes against india.
That would be too much for you. Enjoy watching this one six again and again.— Talal Asif Dar (@DarTalal) May 4, 2019
You need first 😂😂
Gautam Gambhir Was "Insecure, Negative And Pessimistic", Coach Paddy Upton In New Book
— 🅰🅼🅸🆁 🅰🅻🅸 🇵🇰 (@Oye_Amir) May 4, 2019
" Gautam Gambhir was one of the weakest and mentally most insecure’ people I have worked with " – Paddy Upton (Former Mental condition coach of India) in his book " The Barefoot Coach "
— MiAn AhMaD HasSan سیالکوٹی (Stallion🐎🦄) (@meHassan_96) May 4, 2019
With seemingly endless bickering between the two athletes, the saga shall continue on the public platform and they both will remain at loggerheads in the long haul.
