5 Most Heated On Field Exchanges In An India-Pakistan Clash

India-Pakistan matches have always been an entertaining contest for the viewers and there have been a lot of heated exchanges going between the players during these games. The high intensity of these matches has often been one of the reasons and also the pride of winning it for the nation remains a key part.

This is set to continue again in the India-Pakistan rivalry in the T20 World cup 2021 this year and it is expected to be a belter of a contest already. With a note on that,  It is time to look at the five most heated on-field exchanges in an India- Pakistan clash.

5 Most Heated On Field Exchanges In An India-Pakistan Clash:

Kiran More vs Javed Miandad:

The Indian wicket-keeper Kiran More had an ugly incident with the Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad in the 1992 World cup and it has been one of the most talked-about incidents.  It started off with a jumping appeal by Kiran More which Miandad did not take easy and was frustrated with it.

There were some words exchanged between the two players and the next appeal saw Javed Miandad completing the run safely and More still flipped the bails. Miandad jumped up with the bat in the same way More appealed and it imitated the Indian wicket-keeper which did not go down well with the crowd.

Gautam Gambhir vs Kamran Akmal:

Gautam Gambhir has always been a player who has been very vocal and has never been worried about spatting words. This happened in the 2010 Asia cup when Akmal wasn’t happy with the keeper catch behind the stumps that was adjudged not out by the umpire when Gambhir was on strike.

Gambhir who made a valiant half-century wasn’t amused too and Akmals in the drinks break went on to have a lot of words splattered between the two players. The umpires had to calm down the situation and the captain cool MS Dhoni made sure things cooled down.

Aamir Sohail vs Venkatesh Prasad:

Aamir Sohail is one of the most stylish Pakistan batsmen and the left-hander in the 1996 World cup Quarterfinal was batting brilliantly until he lost his concentration. He hit the Indian seamer Venkatesh Prasad for a boundary in the covers region and immediately showed off the bat asking him to fetch the ball.

Venkatesh Prasad, calm and composed as always returned to his bowling strike and the next delivery saw the off stumps flying off the ground with the set batsmen Aamir Sohail getting dismissed immediately after his boundary. Prasad was delighted by the wicket and he punched the air which was the perfect comeback possible for a bowler.

Gautam Gambhir vs Shahid Afridi:

Gautam Gambhir was involved in another controversy with the Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi in eh 2007 ODI series. At Kanpur, Gambhir had a slow start to the Indian innings but he was quick enough to get into the action against the wrist-spinner Shahid Afridi.

Both the players suddenly had an ugly spat of words exchanged and the umpires had to involve to stop them from making the situation very big. India won the game in the end, due to some excellence from Yuvraj Singh who played a steady hand in the middle to take India to a respectable total.

Shoaib Akthar vs Harbhajan Singh:

The latest of the incidents happened between Shoaib Akthar and Harbhajan Singh in the 2010 Asia cup in Dambulla. Harbhajan who is no mug with the bat had a few words exchanged with the world’s quickest bowler Shoaib Akthar and it immediately resulted in a six being hit in the bowling of Akthar by Harbhajan.

The word kept being exchanged and the umpires started to calm down the situation. It was a crucial moment in the game and Akthar made sure that he wanted to get into the minds of Harbhajan. However, the off-spinner won the race and finished off the chase for India with a six-off Mohammad Amir.