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Three most controversial moments in Asia Cup history
In the history of the Asia Cup, there have been teams that have heated battles in the past. Since the start, some teams have played regularly. On the other hand, some teams started playing later in the tournament. Meanwhile, over the years, teams have had heated arguments on the field over the years. In this listicle, we will have a look at the three most controversial on-field moments of the Asia Cup.
The three most controversial moments of the Asia Cup
- Fight between Gautam Gambhir and Kamran Akmal
The likes of Gambhir and Akmal had an altercation during the Asia Cup 2010 game. In the game, the latter appealed excessively. This led to Gambhir getting angry and having a heated verbal spat with the Pakistan wicketkeeper batter during the drinks break. The likes of on-field umpires and India and Pakistan skippers interveined to stop it from turning into worse.
“I had tried to play and missed it fully. He appealed in such a way that he thought that the ball hit the bat. Then I told him that there is no point in appealing because nothing like that happened, we just got into a heated argument and then it just got from bad to worse,” Gautam Gambhir told Vikram Sathaye in 2016.
2. Altercation between Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar
During the same Asia Cup 2010 game, best friends, Singh and Akhtar had a heated argument during the end moments of the game. The former hit a six against Akhtar. Apart from this, in the penultimate over, the former speedster beat the bat of Singh twice but didn’t get his wicket. Even the former India off-spinner said there is no point appealing fo caught behind.
3. Farid Ahmed vs Asif Ali
The last year’s Asia Cup saw a heated rivalry between Pakistan and Afghanistan for the first time. During the game, Farid Ahmed and Asif Ali had heated physical contact after the latter got out. This resulted in Naseem Shah going for aggressive celebration after winning the game with the bat.