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Manoj Tiwary revealed that Gautam Gambhir invoked Sourav Gangly when attacking him verbally.
Gautam Gambhir shaking hands with Sourav Gangly (X)
Gautam Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary’s rivalry from their days playing on the cricket field has continued spilling over into their personal lives.
The pair had butte heads during a Ranji Trophy match between Bengal and Delhi in 2015 at the Feroz Shah Kotla (now Arun Jaitley Stadium).
Manoj Tiwari revealed that he was preparing to take guard but Gautam Gambhir felt that he was wasting time. He went on to reveal that not only did Gambhir abuse him but went after Sourav Gangly too.
“When he was constantly abusing, I remember Sourav Ganguly had just joined CAB (Cricket Association of Bengal). He was speaking rubbish about him too. He said things like ‘Woh apna jack laga ke aa gaya. Tu bhi uske peeche aa gaya? Tu bhi yeh sab karke pohuch gaya. (He used his sources to reach where he has, and you too followed him? You’re up to such shenanigans too)’. When I told Dada, he said ‘theek hai‘ (It’s fine). My duty was to convey it to him. You can see that he [Gambhir] has anger issue. After that day, there’s no scope of us talking or meeting,” Tiwary was quoted as saying to The Lallantop.
“I have never heard anybody give such abuses. If anybody abuses your mother, you should not take it lying down. I am not a person who can handle abuses quietly. I asked him, ‘Gauti bhai, why are you talking like this?’. Then the over got over. Then I lost cool. He said, ‘meet me in the evening, I will thrash you’. I said, ‘why evening? let’s do it now.’ The match was in Delhi. No player ever talked to me in that way. All media persons present heard all the words that came out from his mouth,” Tiwary added.
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“The umpire came in between and he pushed away him too. Then the over ended and I was at the non-striker’s end. He came to mid-off and started abusing me again. Umpires can’t do much. He is a big player, and they are afraid that he can use his influence against them,” Manoj Tiwary said.
