"I Am Going To Thrash You...": Gautam Gambhir Accused Of 'Verbal Abuse, Giving Threat' By Ex-Teammate

Gautam Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary - it's safe to say that the history that these two former India players share is not nice. The two have often clashed on ground and recently Tiwary, a former India and Bengal batter, called him a 'hypocrite coach' . The two played for Kolkata Knight Riders and had a fight there too. During the 2015 Ranji Trophy, the duo clashed on field during a Delhi vs Bengal match and things turned ugly.  Manoj Tiwary revisited all those events and claimed that Gambhir targeted him unnecessarily.    

"When a new player emerges, he is given space in newspaper, may be that is one of the reasons why he got angry with me. If had a PR team, I could have been the India captain today," Manoj Tiwary told Lallantop. 

"Once, we had a heated argument about my batting position at the Eden Gardens. I was very upset and had gone to the washroom. He barged in and said 'This attitude won't work. Tujhe kabhi khilaunga nahi (I won't give you a game). This and that. I confronted him and asked him why he was talking that way. He was giving me a threat.  Wasim Akram also came in. He was our bowling coach, so he calmed things down, otherwise haathapai bhi ho sakta tha (There could have been a physical fight too). Akram said 'You are the captain. Cool down'. He understood, he knew what was happening. He had said good things about my talent a few years ago."

Tiwary also opened up on the heated argument that he had with Gambhir during a Ranji Trophy game in 2015.  

"I would get scolded without any reason. I couldn't understand why he would target me. In fact, when I came to KKR in 2010, he and I got along nicely. But then he would lose his cool at me out of the blue. He would use very hurtful words. Then, when I started