Cricket is usually described as gentlemen’s game yet the reality of the matter is unusual right now. The difference has turned out to be more aggressive, which now and then includes an outbreak of excitement. Some may simply be excessively competitive and don’t care for losing, while some do it just to break the consistency of the opponent. There are cases where a player has lost his cool over the opposing player. Huge numbers of these moments have been caught in the play and have turned into the absolute most serious pictures in games.
Here are events where normally quiet cricketers have lost their cool:
source: Fox Sports
Rahul Dravid and Steve Waugh – 2001
Cricket Format – Test Cricket
Host – Kolkata, India
After Dravid’s wicket, Waugh couldn’t avoid the criticism
Steve Waugh – ‘You just dropped the Test, mate.’
Rahul Dravid –
Rahul Dravid gave him a sendoff saying ‘Who’s given away the test now?’
source: The Hindu
Rohit Sharma and David Warner – 2015
Cricket Format – One day international
Host – Melbourne, Australia
Rohit Sharma took a run off an overthrow as the Australian keeper Brad Haddin missed the throw. Warner didn’t appear to like that and he got associated with a showdown with Sharma. Warner even uttered the words “Speak English” to Rohit Sharma and attracted criticism from various corners as he was unmistakably wrong on his part.
source: Deccan Chronicle
Gautam Gambhir and Shahid Afridi, 2007
Cricket Format – One day international
Host – Kanpur, India
Gambhir had the most noticeably bad experience with Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi. The players turn of most exceedingly terrible of abuses that would put even the road battles to disgrace.
source: Youtube
Yuvraj Singh and Andrew Flintoff, 2007
Cricket Format – T 20 international
Host – Durban, South Africa
Yuvraj reported his talk with Flintoff earlier to ‘that’ over in an interview.
Flintoff: Those were f***ing ridiculous shots
Yuvraj: F*** you
Flintoff: Excuse me?
Yuvraj: You heard what I said
Flintoff: I will cut your throat off
Yuvraj: You see this bat in my hand. You know where I am gonna hit you with this bat?
source: India Today
Ishant Sharma and Kamran Akmal, 2012
Cricket Format – T 20 international
Host – Bangalore, India
The players had been involved in a heated argument in the 18th over of the chase, which Pakistan eventually completed successfully to win the first Twenty20 by five wickets.
source: Daily Motion
Sourav Ganguly and Russell Arnold, 2002
Cricket Format – One day international
Host – Colombo, Sri Lanka
Russel Arnold was batting and after playing a shot he ran down the wicket, right in the middle of it whereas there wasn’t a single one, to the shot he played, it went straight to a fielder. Sri Lanka had a variety of spinners in their line up, and footmarks made amidst the pitch favoured gold mines for them. Observing this Ganguly understood his intention and said, ‘Do your job, don’t f*ck around!’.
Zaheer Khan and Tamim Iqbal, 2010
Cricket Format – One day international
Host – Mirpur, Bangladesh
Apart from the high-quality cricket, sledging is becoming a part of India- Bangladesh rivalry in cricket. One such incident was witnessed during the match of the 2010 ODI series between India and Bangladesh.
Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar – 2010
Cricket Format – One day international
Host – Dambulla, Sri Lanka
Harbhajan and former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was another player with whom he frequently had a quarrel. He was excited by Shoaib Akhtar to hit him for a six. Bhajji’s hit had not just connected the ball out of the stadium, but Pakistan out of the tournament.
