"I Won't Spare You": Shoaib Akhtar Slams Virender Sehwag After Backtracking From Sledging Claims

Pakistan fast bowling legend Shoaib Akhtar has slammed former India opener Virender Sehwag for backtracking from his ‘sledging’ claims. Virender Sehwag had long back opened up on a sledging episode with Shoaib Akhtar during a India vs Pakistan match but later denied to comment when confronted by the former fast bowler.

“I was batting around 200. Shoaib was probably tired after bowling for so long. He came around the wicket and started to bowl plenty of bouncers and taunted me to hit a hook shot. Realising he will continue to do the same thing, I asked him to bowl a bouncer at Sachin Tendulkar, who was at non-striker’s end.

“In the next over when he bowled a bouncer to Sachin, he hooked it for a six,” Sehwag had said while opening up about the incident in a chat with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

Shoaib Akhtar: Gautam Gambhir was there, I asked Virender Sehwag but he said no

Recalling the incident when Sehwag backtracked from his claims, Akhtar said Gautam Gambhir is a proof. During a 2011 World Cup match, Akhtar went up to Sehwag to ask him if he has said something on TV, to which the former India opener denied. Akhtar also said, if he comes to know about something, he would not spare Sehwag.

“Do you think I would let someone go if he says anything like that to me? We were sitting in Bangladesh during the 2011 World Cup. Gautam Gambhir was also there, go and ask him too. I held Sehwag and asked him, ‘did you say something like this on TV?’

He said no, he backtracked from his remarks. Gautam Gambhir was sitting alongside him. I told Sehwag ‘If I come to know that you have said something like this then I won’t spare you. You know I can be bitter at times’,” added Akhtar.