2017 ICC Champions Trophy: Video – Tamim Iqbal And Ben Stokes Exchange Words, Crowd Jeers Stokes
Nov 2, 2023 at 3:51 PM
The Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal and England all-rounder Ben Stokes were involved in an ugly spat during the first game of the ICC Champions Trophy. The incident happened when Iqbal smashed Stokes for a four on the third delivery of the 32nd over.
Stokes seemed to be (un)impressed with the boundary and gave a pat on the back of Tamim. This irked Iqbal and then started the conversation between the two, which looked like a heated one. Soon, both the umpires intervened and separated the two players.
After the conclusion of the over, again, both were seen continuing from where they left but this time, crowd too joined in. The majority of the Bangladeshi crowd sitting in the stands jeered Ben Stokes. Soon as he was moving towards boundary to take the field, fans teased him for his actions out there.
The conversation between the two did not break Tamim’s concentration though and on the last delivery of 39th over, he reached the three-figure mark, becoming the first player in Champions Trophy 2017 to score a century and only the second batsman from his country to notch up a century in Champions Trophy history.
Here is the video of the incident –
https://twitter.com/lKR1088/status/870247484395630592