Former Pakistani cricketer Kamran Akmal recalled one of those hot-tempered India matches where he got into a nasty argument with fast bowler Ishant Sharma. Akmal recently announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.
In his interview with Nadir Ali on YouTube, Kamran was initially compelled to recall the 2009 incident involving him and Gautam Gambhir. The former wicketkeeper, however, later admitted that there were no such conversations and that everything was just misunderstood. He clarified that Gambhir was talking to himself, but he mistakenly believed it was aimed at him.
“That was complete misunderstanding. It was an Asia Cup match in 2009. Saeed Ajmal bowled, there was an appeal for caught-behind from me. It was given not out. Gambhir said something in a hilarious way, but because of the hype around India-Pakistan matches…he did not any cuss words. If I am not wrong, he said that to himself, but I felt it was directed towards me,” he said.
However, Kamran remembered the one incident that happened in 2012, when he and Ishant got into a violent argument. He remembered how the veteran India fast bowler had started shouting at the Pakistan players and received much in return before captain MS Dhoni intervened to calm things down.
Kamran Akmal said,”Ishant Sharma did abuse, but also received them back in plenty (Ishant ne gaali diya par baad mein usko bhi bohot pada). MS Dhoni, who was the captain of the team, such a nice person, and Suresh Raina came and settled it down. India were losing and it happened in the heat of the moment. Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez were playing very well so he was furious.”
