Amid Coronavirus outbreak, the government of major countries have enforced lockdown in their countries due to which the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/5-players-you-dont-know-have-bowled-in-international-cricket/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">players</a> are left with nothing much to do but spend time with their families in quarantine. With no games being played across major countries, the chances of players getting indulged in controversy are quite slim.

Moreover, it reduces the possibility of any player giving any type of statement. But, there are some of the former and current cricketers, who gave some controversial statements in media in these alarming conditions as well that hogged the spotlight.

Most of the cricketers have interacted with their fans and teammates through Instagram live session and this is when they passed on controversial comments.

Here we bring you five such controversial statements made by the cricketers:

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-415102" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Gautam-Gambhir-and-MS-Dhoni-2.jpg" alt="Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-415102" class="wp-caption-text">Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

On April 2, 2011, Team India registered a brilliant victory against Sri Lanka to win the World Cup after a long wait of 28 years. And, MS Dhoni, the then skipper finished that game in style with his brilliant six that scripted the history for the Men in Blue.

Earlier, this month, India celebrated the ninth anniversary of 2011 World Cup triumph. It was a big day for every Indian cricket fan as it marked the victory in the mega-event for the second time in the history of international cricket. A leading media house posted a still of MS Dhoni hitting that match-winning memorable six. Moreover, they gave it a caption that read,&#8221; a shot that millions of Indians into jubilation.&#8221;

However, it didn&#8217;t go down well with <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/it-was-whole-indian-teams-effort-gautam-gambhir-loses-his-cool-on-twitter-for-glorifying-ms-dhonis-winning-six-in-2011-wc-final/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gautam Gambhir</a>, who came out with a controversial tweet through his official Twitter handle and said Team India won the World Cup on the back of a brilliant team effort but not only with MS Dhoni&#8217;s six.

His post read, &#8220;Just a reminder @ESPNcricinfo: #worldcup2011 was won by entire India, entire Indian team &amp; all support staff. High time you hit your obsession for a SIX. This post from the former Indian opener gave air to an unwanted controversy in the media.

Just a reminder <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ESPNcricinfo</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/worldcup2011?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#worldcup2011</a> was won by entire India, entire Indian team &amp; all support staff. High time you hit your obsession for a SIX. <a href="https://t.co/WPRPQdfJrV">pic.twitter.com/WPRPQdfJrV</a>&mdash; Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) <a href="https://twitter.com/GautamGambhir/status/1245562059309248513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2020</a>

2. Shahid Afridi and Gautam Gambhir

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-410395" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Gautam-Gambhir.jpg" alt="Gautam Gambhir" width="600" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-410395" class="wp-caption-text">Gautam Gambhir. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)</figcaption>

Every cricket fan is well aware of the fact that <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/some-fights-do-get-personal-and-there-is-nothing-wrong-with-that-says-gautam-gambhir-on-his-relation-with-shahid-afridi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gautam Gambhir</a> and Shahid Afridi are not on good terms with each other from their playing days. Both the players always try to make scathing attacks against each other. Recently, the former Indian opener lashed out on his counterpart for writing against him in his autobiography.

In 2019, Afridi launched his autobiography in which he wrote,&#8221; (Gautam Gambhir) and his attitude problem. He, who has no personality. He, who is barely a character in the great scheme of cricket. He, who has no great records, just a lot of attitude. He, who behaves like he’s a cross between Don Bradman and James Bond,&#8221; Shahid wrote about Gambhir.

As soon as the 38-year-old came to know about the same. He took to his official Twitter handle and took a dig at Shahid Afridi&#8217;s age. The southpaw also reminded him well about his achievements. In the end, he concluded saying that he has an <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/ive-attitude-towards-liars-traitors-opportunists-gautam-gambhir-hits-back-at-afridi-for-questioning-his-character/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">attitude towards the liars</a>, opportunists and traitors.

Gambhir&#8217;s post read, &#8220;Someone who doesn’t remember his age how will he remember my records!OK, @SAfridiOfficial let me remind u one: 2007 T20 WC final, Ind Vs Pak Gambhir 75 off 54 balls Vs Afridi 0 off 1 ball. Most imp: We won the Cup. And yes, I’ve attitude towards liars, traitors &amp; opportunists.

Someone who doesn’t remember his age how will he remember my records!OK <a href="https://twitter.com/SAfridiOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SAfridiOfficial</a> let me remind u one: 2007 T20 WC final, Ind Vs Pak Gambhir 75 off 54 balls Vs Afridi 0 off 1 ball. Most imp: We won the Cup. And yes, I’ve attitude towards liars, traitors &amp; opportunists.&mdash; Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) <a href="https://twitter.com/GautamGambhir/status/1251440950175584258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2020</a>

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-362921" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shoaib-Akhtar.jpg" alt="Shoaib Akhtar" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-362921" class="wp-caption-text">Shoaib Akhtar. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Shoaib Akhtar, the former pacer from Pakistan is known for his vocal nature irrespective of what is going in the world. At the moment, each and every country is going through a tough time due to COVID-19 outbreak. This has forced all the sports associations to postpone the tournaments and series for an indefinite period until the situation comes under control.

In these conditions, the 44-year-old came out with a proposal of organising a <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/shoaib-akhtar-proposes-india-pakistan-odi-series-in-dubai-to-raise-funds-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fund-raising three-match ODI series</a> between India and Pakistan. It is a well-known fact that both countries don&#8217;t share a strong bond when it comes to cricket. And, this statement didn&#8217;t go down well with the cricketing fraternity and he had to receive heavy criticism from the former Indian cricketers like Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar.

India and Pakistan played their last ODI series back in 2012-13 that was won by Men in Green by 2-1. After that, both the nations have played against each other only in the ICC events.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-415044" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Chris-Gayle-and-Ramnaresh-Sarwan.jpg" alt="Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-415044" class="wp-caption-text">Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

Chris Gayle, the veteran West Indies opener is approaching the fag end of his illustrious career. The 40-year-old is a renowned name in the shorter format of the game. Moreover, he has several records mentioned next to his name in World Cricket. At this moment also, there will be very few teams that will not want to acquire his services in the T20 format.

Surprisingly, Jamaica Tallawahs recently released him ahead of CPL 2020. And, he has come out taking a controversial dig at his former teammate and assistant coach of the Tallawahs, Ramnaresh Sarwan in a YouTube video.

In a long video, the Universe Boss said that it was due to Sarwan he was not retained by the CPL franchise. He also said that the 39-year-old is more <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/you-are-worse-than-coronavirus-right-now-chris-gayle-blames-ramnaresh-sarwan-for-his-fallout-with-jamaica-tallawahs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">dangerous than Coronavirus</a>, who always try to backstab his players and teammates for his own interests. As per Gayle, the former West Indies player turned the owner of the team against him.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-355896" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/CT_350169.jpg" alt width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-355896" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo credit should read ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption>

<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/pakistan-batsmen-played-for-the-team-indians-for-themselves-inzamam-ul-haq/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Inzamam-ul-Haq</a> is rated as one of the best skippers in the history of Men in Green, who played many games against Team India during his playing days. Recently, in a YouTube video, the former Pakistan cricketer launched a scathing attack on the Indian batsmen.

As per him, India&#8217;s batting line-up was always very strong in comparison to that of Pakistan. However, they still had to face the defeat in the games as their batsmen used to focus on their own performances instead of the team. He felt that this was the biggest difference between India and Pakistan at that time.

These statements from the 50-year-old hogged a controversy and he was hilariously trolled by the netizens on all platforms for making such an illogical statement.

Amid Coronavirus outbreak, the government of major countries have enforced lockdown in their countries due to which the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/5-players-you-dont-know-have-bowled-in-international-cricket/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">players</a> are left with nothing much to do but spend time with their families in quarantine. With no games being played across major countries, the chances of players getting indulged in controversy are quite slim.
Moreover, it reduces the possibility of any player giving any type of statement. But, there are some of the former and current cricketers, who gave some controversial statements in media in these alarming conditions as well that hogged the spotlight.
Most of the cricketers have interacted with their fans and teammates through Instagram live session and this is when they passed on controversial comments.
<h3>Here we bring you five such controversial statements made by the cricketers:</h3>
<h3>1. Gautam Gambhir</h3>
<figure id="attachment_415102" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-415102" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-415102" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Gautam-Gambhir-and-MS-Dhoni-2.jpg" alt="Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-415102" class="wp-caption-text">Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
On April 2, 2011, Team India registered a brilliant victory against Sri Lanka to win the World Cup after a long wait of 28 years. And, MS Dhoni, the then skipper finished that game in style with his brilliant six that scripted the history for the Men in Blue.
Earlier, this month, India celebrated the ninth anniversary of 2011 World Cup triumph. It was a big day for every Indian cricket fan as it marked the victory in the mega-event for the second time in the history of international cricket. A leading media house posted a still of MS Dhoni hitting that match-winning memorable six. Moreover, they gave it a caption that read,” a shot that millions of Indians into jubilation.”
However, it didn’t go down well with <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/it-was-whole-indian-teams-effort-gautam-gambhir-loses-his-cool-on-twitter-for-glorifying-ms-dhonis-winning-six-in-2011-wc-final/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gautam Gambhir</a>, who came out with a controversial tweet through his official Twitter handle and said Team India won the World Cup on the back of a brilliant team effort but not only with MS Dhoni’s six.
His post read, “Just a reminder @ESPNcricinfo: #worldcup2011 was won by entire India, entire Indian team &amp; all support staff. High time you hit your obsession for a SIX. This post from the former Indian opener gave air to an unwanted controversy in the media.
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<h3>2. Shahid Afridi and Gautam Gambhir</h3>
<figure id="attachment_410395" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-410395" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-410395" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Gautam-Gambhir.jpg" alt="Gautam Gambhir" width="600" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-410395" class="wp-caption-text">Gautam Gambhir. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Every cricket fan is well aware of the fact that <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/some-fights-do-get-personal-and-there-is-nothing-wrong-with-that-says-gautam-gambhir-on-his-relation-with-shahid-afridi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gautam Gambhir</a> and Shahid Afridi are not on good terms with each other from their playing days. Both the players always try to make scathing attacks against each other. Recently, the former Indian opener lashed out on his counterpart for writing against him in his autobiography.
In 2019, Afridi launched his autobiography in which he wrote,” (Gautam Gambhir) and his attitude problem. He, who has no personality. He, who is barely a character in the great scheme of cricket. He, who has no great records, just a lot of attitude. He, who behaves like he’s a cross between Don Bradman and James Bond,” Shahid wrote about Gambhir.
As soon as the 38-year-old came to know about the same. He took to his official Twitter handle and took a dig at Shahid Afridi’s age. The southpaw also reminded him well about his achievements. In the end, he concluded saying that he has an <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/ive-attitude-towards-liars-traitors-opportunists-gautam-gambhir-hits-back-at-afridi-for-questioning-his-character/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">attitude towards the liars</a>, opportunists and traitors.
Gambhir’s post read, “Someone who doesn’t remember his age how will he remember my records!OK, @SAfridiOfficial let me remind u one: 2007 T20 WC final, Ind Vs Pak Gambhir 75 off 54 balls Vs Afridi 0 off 1 ball. Most imp: We won the Cup. And yes, I’ve attitude towards liars, traitors &amp; opportunists.
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<h3>3. Shoaib Akhtar 
</h3>
<figure id="attachment_362921" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-362921" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-362921" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shoaib-Akhtar.jpg" alt="Shoaib Akhtar" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-362921" class="wp-caption-text">Shoaib Akhtar. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Shoaib Akhtar, the former pacer from Pakistan is known for his vocal nature irrespective of what is going in the world. At the moment, each and every country is going through a tough time due to COVID-19 outbreak. This has forced all the sports associations to postpone the tournaments and series for an indefinite period until the situation comes under control.
In these conditions, the 44-year-old came out with a proposal of organising a <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/shoaib-akhtar-proposes-india-pakistan-odi-series-in-dubai-to-raise-funds-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fund-raising three-match ODI series</a> between India and Pakistan. It is a well-known fact that both countries don’t share a strong bond when it comes to cricket. And, this statement didn’t go down well with the cricketing fraternity and he had to receive heavy criticism from the former Indian cricketers like Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar.
India and Pakistan played their last ODI series back in 2012-13 that was won by Men in Green by 2-1. After that, both the nations have played against each other only in the ICC events.
<h3>4. Chris Gayle</h3>
<figure id="attachment_415044" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-415044" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-415044" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Chris-Gayle-and-Ramnaresh-Sarwan.jpg" alt="Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-415044" class="wp-caption-text">Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Chris Gayle, the veteran West Indies opener is approaching the fag end of his illustrious career. The 40-year-old is a renowned name in the shorter format of the game. Moreover, he has several records mentioned next to his name in World Cricket. At this moment also, there will be very few teams that will not want to acquire his services in the T20 format.
Surprisingly, Jamaica Tallawahs recently released him ahead of CPL 2020. And, he has come out taking a controversial dig at his former teammate and assistant coach of the Tallawahs, Ramnaresh Sarwan in a YouTube video.
In a long video, the Universe Boss said that it was due to Sarwan he was not retained by the CPL franchise. He also said that the 39-year-old is more <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/you-are-worse-than-coronavirus-right-now-chris-gayle-blames-ramnaresh-sarwan-for-his-fallout-with-jamaica-tallawahs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">dangerous than Coronavirus</a>, who always try to backstab his players and teammates for his own interests. As per Gayle, the former West Indies player turned the owner of the team against him.
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<h3>5. Inzamam-ul-Haq</h3>
<figure id="attachment_355896" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-355896" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-355896" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/CT_350169.jpg" alt width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-355896" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo credit should read ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/pakistan-batsmen-played-for-the-team-indians-for-themselves-inzamam-ul-haq/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Inzamam-ul-Haq</a> is rated as one of the best skippers in the history of Men in Green, who played many games against Team India during his playing days. Recently, in a YouTube video, the former Pakistan cricketer launched a scathing attack on the Indian batsmen.
As per him, India’s batting line-up was always very strong in comparison to that of Pakistan. However, they still had to face the defeat in the games as their batsmen used to focus on their own performances instead of the team. He felt that this was the biggest difference between India and Pakistan at that time.
These statements from the 50-year-old hogged a controversy and he was hilariously trolled by the netizens on all platforms for making such an illogical statement.

Amid Coronavirus outbreak, the government of major countries have enforced lockdown in their countries due to which the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/5-players-you-dont-know-have-bowled-in-international-cricket/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">players</a> are left with nothing much to do but spend time with their families in quarantine. With no games being played across major countries, the chances of players getting indulged in controversy are quite slim.
Moreover, it reduces the possibility of any player giving any type of statement. But, there are some of the former and current cricketers, who gave some controversial statements in media in these alarming conditions as well that hogged the spotlight.
Most of the cricketers have interacted with their fans and teammates through Instagram live session and this is when they passed on controversial comments.
<h3>Here we bring you five such controversial statements made by the cricketers:</h3>
<h3>1. Gautam Gambhir</h3>
<figure id="attachment_415102" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-415102" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-415102" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Gautam-Gambhir-and-MS-Dhoni-2.jpg" alt="Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-415102" class="wp-caption-text">Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
On April 2, 2011, Team India registered a brilliant victory against Sri Lanka to win the World Cup after a long wait of 28 years. And, MS Dhoni, the then skipper finished that game in style with his brilliant six that scripted the history for the Men in Blue.
Earlier, this month, India celebrated the ninth anniversary of 2011 World Cup triumph. It was a big day for every Indian cricket fan as it marked the victory in the mega-event for the second time in the history of international cricket. A leading media house posted a still of MS Dhoni hitting that match-winning memorable six. Moreover, they gave it a caption that read,&#8221; a shot that millions of Indians into jubilation.&#8221;
However, it didn&#8217;t go down well with <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/it-was-whole-indian-teams-effort-gautam-gambhir-loses-his-cool-on-twitter-for-glorifying-ms-dhonis-winning-six-in-2011-wc-final/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gautam Gambhir</a>, who came out with a controversial tweet through his official Twitter handle and said Team India won the World Cup on the back of a brilliant team effort but not only with MS Dhoni&#8217;s six.
His post read, &#8220;Just a reminder @ESPNcricinfo: #worldcup2011 was won by entire India, entire Indian team &amp; all support staff. High time you hit your obsession for a SIX. This post from the former Indian opener gave air to an unwanted controversy in the media.
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Just a reminder <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ESPNcricinfo</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/worldcup2011?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#worldcup2011</a> was won by entire India, entire Indian team &amp; all support staff. High time you hit your obsession for a SIX. <a href="https://t.co/WPRPQdfJrV">pic.twitter.com/WPRPQdfJrV</a>
&mdash; Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) <a href="https://twitter.com/GautamGambhir/status/1245562059309248513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<h3>2. Shahid Afridi and Gautam Gambhir</h3>
<figure id="attachment_410395" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-410395" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-410395" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Gautam-Gambhir.jpg" alt="Gautam Gambhir" width="600" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-410395" class="wp-caption-text">Gautam Gambhir. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Every cricket fan is well aware of the fact that <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/some-fights-do-get-personal-and-there-is-nothing-wrong-with-that-says-gautam-gambhir-on-his-relation-with-shahid-afridi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gautam Gambhir</a> and Shahid Afridi are not on good terms with each other from their playing days. Both the players always try to make scathing attacks against each other. Recently, the former Indian opener lashed out on his counterpart for writing against him in his autobiography.
In 2019, Afridi launched his autobiography in which he wrote,&#8221; (Gautam Gambhir) and his attitude problem. He, who has no personality. He, who is barely a character in the great scheme of cricket. He, who has no great records, just a lot of attitude. He, who behaves like he’s a cross between Don Bradman and James Bond,&#8221; Shahid wrote about Gambhir.
As soon as the 38-year-old came to know about the same. He took to his official Twitter handle and took a dig at Shahid Afridi&#8217;s age. The southpaw also reminded him well about his achievements. In the end, he concluded saying that he has an <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/ive-attitude-towards-liars-traitors-opportunists-gautam-gambhir-hits-back-at-afridi-for-questioning-his-character/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">attitude towards the liars</a>, opportunists and traitors.
Gambhir&#8217;s post read, &#8220;Someone who doesn’t remember his age how will he remember my records!OK, @SAfridiOfficial let me remind u one: 2007 T20 WC final, Ind Vs Pak Gambhir 75 off 54 balls Vs Afridi 0 off 1 ball. Most imp: We won the Cup. And yes, I’ve attitude towards liars, traitors &amp; opportunists.
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Someone who doesn’t remember his age how will he remember my records!OK <a href="https://twitter.com/SAfridiOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SAfridiOfficial</a> let me remind u one: 2007 T20 WC final, Ind Vs Pak Gambhir 75 off 54 balls Vs Afridi 0 off 1 ball. Most imp: We won the Cup. And yes, I’ve attitude towards liars, traitors &amp; opportunists.
&mdash; Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) <a href="https://twitter.com/GautamGambhir/status/1251440950175584258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<h3>3. Shoaib Akhtar 
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Shoaib Akhtar, the former pacer from Pakistan is known for his vocal nature irrespective of what is going in the world. At the moment, each and every country is going through a tough time due to COVID-19 outbreak. This has forced all the sports associations to postpone the tournaments and series for an indefinite period until the situation comes under control.
In these conditions, the 44-year-old came out with a proposal of organising a <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/shoaib-akhtar-proposes-india-pakistan-odi-series-in-dubai-to-raise-funds-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fund-raising three-match ODI series</a> between India and Pakistan. It is a well-known fact that both countries don&#8217;t share a strong bond when it comes to cricket. And, this statement didn&#8217;t go down well with the cricketing fraternity and he had to receive heavy criticism from the former Indian cricketers like Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar.
India and Pakistan played their last ODI series back in 2012-13 that was won by Men in Green by 2-1. After that, both the nations have played against each other only in the ICC events.
<h3>4. Chris Gayle</h3>
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Chris Gayle, the veteran West Indies opener is approaching the fag end of his illustrious career. The 40-year-old is a renowned name in the shorter format of the game. Moreover, he has several records mentioned next to his name in World Cricket. At this moment also, there will be very few teams that will not want to acquire his services in the T20 format.
Surprisingly, Jamaica Tallawahs recently released him ahead of CPL 2020. And, he has come out taking a controversial dig at his former teammate and assistant coach of the Tallawahs, Ramnaresh Sarwan in a YouTube video.
In a long video, the Universe Boss said that it was due to Sarwan he was not retained by the CPL franchise. He also said that the 39-year-old is more <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/you-are-worse-than-coronavirus-right-now-chris-gayle-blames-ramnaresh-sarwan-for-his-fallout-with-jamaica-tallawahs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">dangerous than Coronavirus</a>, who always try to backstab his players and teammates for his own interests. As per Gayle, the former West Indies player turned the owner of the team against him.
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<h3>5. Inzamam-ul-Haq</h3>
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<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/pakistan-batsmen-played-for-the-team-indians-for-themselves-inzamam-ul-haq/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Inzamam-ul-Haq</a> is rated as one of the best skippers in the history of Men in Green, who played many games against Team India during his playing days. Recently, in a YouTube video, the former Pakistan cricketer launched a scathing attack on the Indian batsmen.
As per him, India&#8217;s batting line-up was always very strong in comparison to that of Pakistan. However, they still had to face the defeat in the games as their batsmen used to focus on their own performances instead of the team. He felt that this was the biggest difference between India and Pakistan at that time.
These statements from the 50-year-old hogged a controversy and he was hilariously trolled by the netizens on all platforms for making such an illogical statement.

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3. Shoaib Akhtar