5 Heated On Field Exchanges Between Cricketers In 2021

2021 has been an eventful year in cricket. A lot of international and domestic tournaments got postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak. However, the fans also witnessed heart-warming encounters between the top teams. ICC T20 World Cup 2021 was conducted successfully this year. The Indian Premier League got affected by Covid-19 cases but eventually held in two phases.

India played Test series against England at home and in England. The biggest rivalry in Test Cricket, the Ashes series is underway. Contrary to last year, cricket fans have witnessed a lot more action. Amidst all that, tempers flared a lot of times and cricketers got involved in heated exchanges.

We saw altercations between players in different tournaments this year. And, on that note, we take a look at 5 Heated On Field Exchanges Between Cricketers in 2021.

5 Heated On Field Exchanges Between Cricketers in 2021

Jasprit Bumrah Involved in a Heated Conversation with Jos Buttler On Day 5 Of Lord’s Test

Jasprit Bumrah isn’t someone who would get involved in heated arguments on the cricket field. However, in a rare instance, Bumrah was seen getting involved in a heated conversation with Jos Buttler on the fifth day of the Lord’s Test. The story actually began when Bumrah hit a barrage of bouncers to James Anderson.

The English bowlers were ready to give the same treatment to Bumrah when he came out to bat on the final day of the Test match. As he arrived at the crease with an aim to try and score as many runs for the team, he received a mouthful from the close-in fieldsmen.

Jos Buttler, too, was one of them. The English wicket-keeper batsman was heard saying something to Jasprit Bumrah before the latter also responded back. Jasprit Bumrah went on to score an unbeaten 34 off 64 balls. India won that game by a huge margin of 151 runs.

Virat Kohli gets into a heated exchange with James Anderson on Day 4 of the second Test

The Lord’s Test between England and India in August saw heated exchanges taking place between the players. In the first session of the fourth Day of the Lord’s Test, Virat Kohli got involved in a verbal exchange with James Anderson. India had lost both the openers and Virat Kohli was batting alongside Cheteshwar Pujara.

The incident happened on the 17^th over of the day when Virat Kohli had asked the umpire to take a look at James Anderson’s run-up. As per Kohli, Anderson was running into the pitch, followed which a heated exchange between Kohli and Anderson took place.

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“You swearing at me again are you? This isn’t your fu**ing backyard,” Kohli was heard saying to Anderson, who also said something which was inaudible. Following Anderson’s penultimate delivery of the over, Kohli said, “Chirp, chirp, chirp. This is what old age makes you.”

Kieron Pollard gets involved in a heated exchange with Prasidh Krishna in IPL 2021

Kieron Pollard has played an instrumental role in Mumbai Indians’ success in IPL. He has been integral to MI’s fortune in the cash-rich league. Over the years, he has played some sensational knocks for MI in the tournament. However, the West Indies cricketer has also been involved in heated exchanges on a number of times.

In the IPL 2021 edition of IPL, Pollard got involved in a verbal exchange with KKR fast bowler Prasidh Krishna. During the game between KKR and MI in the 15^th over, Prasidh Krishna tried to get under the skin of Kieron Pollard. The West Indies cricketer, obviously, didn’t like it.

The whole incident took place when Pollard hit Prasidh Krishna straight back to him. The latter stopped the ball and pretended to throw the ball back to him. In a bid to intimidate the batsmen, Krishna took a few steps at Pollard before turning back to go to the mark. The next over saw the two got involved in a heated exchange. Later in the match, the duo was once again staring at each other which intensified the battle even more.

Liton Das and Lahiru Kumara get involved in a heated exchange in ICC T20 World Cup 2021

Sri Lanka exhibited notable performances in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021. They didn’t qualify for the semi-finals but won hearts with their gutsy performances. Fast bowler Lahiru Kumara was the second-highest wicket-taker for the team in the tournament. He impressed one and all with pace and bounce and took 8 wickets in 7 matches at an average of 24.25.

Apart from his bowling exploits, he also made headlines after getting involved in a heated exchange with Liton Das during the game against Bangladesh.

Liton Das and M Naim gave the team a decent start with the bat. Kumara felt frustrated after not getting early wickets and tempers started to flare when Lahiru Kumara threw the ball straight to the batter to push him back to the crease. The ball marginally missed the helmet which left Liton Das frustrated.

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After a few overs, Kumara got successful in dismissing Das as the latter hit the ball straight to mid-off. Following the dismissal, words were exchanged between the two. Both the cricketers came quite close, which led to a heated exchange between the two.

Eoin Morgan and Ravi Ashwin heated exchange in the IPL 2021

Kolkata Knight Riders had a dismal outing in the first leg of IPL 2021. However, Eoin Morgan and Co. exhibited a remarkable recovery in the second half and went on to reach the final of the tournament. Eoin Morgan led the side well but didn’t fare too well with the bat.

In a rare instance, he was also seen getting involved in an altercation with Ravi Ashwin during the match between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders. On the first ball of the last over of the Delhi Capitals’ innings at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Ravichandran Ashwin was dismissed by Tim Southee, followed which a heated exchange ensued between Morgan and Ashwin.

As Ashwin was walking back to the pavilion, Morgan came up to him and exchange a few words with Ravi Ashwin.