Former India pace bowler S Sreesanth has shared further details of his issues with current India head coach and former teammate Gautam Gambhir at a Legends League Cricket (LLC) match in December 2023. Earlier, Sreesanth had stated that Gambhir had called him a “fixer.” However, in a recent interview, Sreesanth has shared more about the altercation, claiming that Gambhir had also called him a ‘Deshdrohi’ (traitor; one who betrays their nation). He said that the incident took place after he had bowled a bouncer at Gambhir as well.

“Gauti (Gambhir) stepped out on the first ball and flicked it because he knows my (game), he’s a very good cricketer. I don’t know about the coaching part, but he’s a very good cricketer. So, I bowled the bouncer,” Sreesanth said, sharing his experience in an interview on Lallantop. “And you know what he said? ‘I own you’. It was clear, he abused me. What he shouldn’t have said, he did, he called me a ‘fixer’.”

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“I leaned forward and asked him, ‘Gauti bhai, are you okay?’ Because I was huge, it looked like I would hit him. Then he was doing ‘F-F’ (using the F-word). Then he again said ‘fixer’, ‘Deshdrohi’,” Sreesanth further claimed.

However, Gautam Gambhir and S Sreesanth were part of India’s victorious 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 ODI World Cup squads as well. But their relationship has eventually soured after the end of their playing days as well.