Manoj Tiwary and Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir is known for losing his temper. But he seemed to have crossed the limit during a Ranji match against Bengal. Not only did the Delhi skipper engage in an ugly argument with rival Bengal captain Manoj Tiwary, but he also pushed on-fielder umpire Krishnaraj Srinath. The incident happened in the eighth over of Bengal’s second innings when Tiwary came in to bat at No. 4. Tiwary, who was wearing a cap, asked for his helmet as soon as he realised pacer Sumit Narwal will come on from the other end.
He stopped Manan Sharma while he was about to bowl, and signalled his Bengal teammate in the dressing room to get his helmet. Manan thought it was a tactic to delay play and the two players engaged in verbal volleys. Gambhir, who was standing at first slip, then lost his cool and approached Tiwary angrily, hurling abusive words.
The Bengal skipper also reacted angrily and even showed his bat to Gambhir. The two players nearly came to exchanging blows when on-field umpires Srinath and C Nandan intervened.
Srinath tried to cool Gambhir down, but Gambhir pushed the umpire while trying to move towards Tiwary.
Gambhir was heard telling Tiwary: “Tu baahar mil match ke baad, tujhe maaroonga (Meet me after the match, I’ll hit you) and aaj tu gaya (you are finished today).”
Tiwary also retaliated, saying: “Abhi baahar chal na (Let’s go out now) and aa maar na, (come, hit me).”