Five of the most controversial India – Pakistan cricketing moments

Sushant Kadaru | 17/06/2017

3) GAUTAM GAMBHIR and SHAHID AFRIDI (2007)

Post 1999, India and Pakistan did not play many matches against each other. But things started heating up in the mid 2000’s as their rivalry started creating a few controversial moments on the field.

During the 3rd ODI of Pakistan’s tour of India in 2007, Gambhir and Afridi were involved in an ugly spat when the Indian opening left hander into the bowler Afridi. Although the umpires were around to get the things back to normal. This was the start of Gautam Gambhir’s runs ins with the Pakistan team. A few years later, he found himself in the middle of another controversy.

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