When on the field, there was hardly any cricketer 🐠fiercer than former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir.
The elegant s🍬outhpaw found a purple-patch during the 2008-09 seജason for which he was also awarded the ‘ICC Test Player of the Year’ trophy. The highlight of the-run scoring spree arrived during the 2008 Feroz Shah Kotla Test match between India and Australia
In the t💝hird Test match of the 2008 Border-Gavaskar series, Gambhir scored his career-best 206, which consisted of 26 boundaries and a maximum.
VVS Laxman supported him well at the other end and slammed an unbeat💜en 200. However, during Gambhir’s mega-knock, he was involved in several scuffles with Shane Watson as well as Simo🐠n Katich.
While taking a second run off a delivery from Watson, Gambhir seemingly elbowed the Aussie on his way back from the non-striker’s end. Later, Gambhir pleaded guilty of breaching ICC Code of Conduct and was slapped a one-match ban.
“Shane Watson! And the reason is I didn’t do that intentionally. Actually, I got banned after that game. A lot of people say that I elbowed him, but I didn’t do that purposely,” Gambhir was quoted as saying in the Star Sports s꧃how♛ ‘Cricket Connected’.
In Gambhir words, he adhered to advice dispensed by the then Indian head coach, Gary Kirsten.
“When I was going for the hearing to the match, Gary Kirsten told me to accept it as it is Chris Broad. He will give you extra sympathy 🌟and he is not going to ban you. I went inside with Gary Kirsten and he asked if you accept your mistake. I said ‘Yes’ and he said you are banned,” added the cricketer-turned♐-politician.
During the conversation with Irf😼an Pathan, he was asked whether he was involved in any altercations with his teammates. “I don’t think we ever had a heated argument,” replied Gambhir. Never! The world has seen whatever heated arguments I have had,” he concluded.
