During a Legends League encounter in Surat, former India fast bowler S Sreesanth has claimed that his former teammate Gautam Gambhir called him a “fixer”. Sreesanth is a T20 player with the Gujarat Giants, whereas Gambhir is the captain of the India Capitals.
Sreesanth shared a video that was taken on the sidelines of the post-game award ceremony on Instagram following the game, which the Capitals won by a score of 12 runs. “Without any provocation, he kept on calling me something which was very rude and shouldn’t have been said by Mr Gautam Gambhir,” said Sreesanth. “I wanted to set the record straight right away, and I am in no way at fault. The remarks he made while watching live cricket on a field are unacceptable.”
Although Sreesanth did not immediately address what Gambhir was believed to have said to him, he provided additional information in a second video that was uploaded to Instagram on Thursday, the day following the game.
“He called me repeatedly on live television when I was at the center wicket, and I didn’t say anything nasty or hurtful to him at all. “What are you saying?” was all I said.” said Sreesanth. “In fact, I couldn’t stop laughing sarcastically when he called me “fixer, fixer, you are a fixer. F*** off, fixer.” He spoke in this language while in real life. He continued saying the same things again and over, so I simply moved away. I don’t know why he initiated it. I’m not sure what prompted him to say that it was the conclusion of the over.”
Three Rajasthan Royals players received cricket bans, including Sreesanth, for their roles in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scam. After the Supreme Court overturned his sentence in 2019, the BCCI decided to shorten Sreesanth’s ban, which was to expire in September 2020.
Between the years of 2005 and 2011, Sreesanth represented India in 90 international matches across all formats. For 49 of those matches, Gambhir was his starting mate in the starting lineup. They competed for India in both the 2011 ODI World Cup and the 2007 T20 World Cup.
