Former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary, simply days after his retirement from first-class cricket, had revealed stunning particulars about his combat with India’s 2011 World Cup hero Gautam Gambhir within the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) dressing room again within the 2013 version of the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, it appears there nonetheless stay some unheard particulars of that combat as Tiwary made an explosive revelation on how Gambhir had threatened him throughout the incident.
The former India star was a part of KKR between 2010 and 2013.
Tiwary joined KKR in 2010, following his two-year stint at Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals). He grew into an integral member of the franchise and was additionally a part of the KKR’s title-winning aspect in 2012. In reality, he had scored the profitable boundary towards Dwayne Bravo on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to assist KKR beat Chennai Super Kings in that remaining.
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However, his keep on the Kolkata franchise turned bitter following a combat with then-skipper Gambhir. Tiwary was finally launched by KKR forward of the beginning of the 2014 season. In a contemporary interview, he revealed that the incident had occurred throughout a match on the Arun Jaitely Stadium (then Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium), the place the two-time World Cup winner had threatened him.
“He told me, “You meet me outdoors after the match, I’ll see you. You are completed as we speak.” I feel he shouldn’t have said that. At Kotla, the journalists’ tent was inside the field. Everyone could hear those words,” he was quoted by Anandabazar Patrika.
Despite what had unfolded, Tiwary, who performed 55 innings in KKR colors, expressed remorse over his combat with Gambhir, saying that though he often has a great rapport with senior gamers, that incident gave him a foul identify.
“I still regret that trouble with Gambhir. Because I am not the kind of person who quarrels with seniors, that incident could have been avoided. My relationship with seniors is very good. But for one incident, I got a bad name,” he mentioned. “At one time the relationship with Gambhir was good. So my regret is more. There were many discussions with him while playing for KKR. I used to decide who needed to be included in the team. All cricketers’ opinions were taken. I also told myself. But as expected, the relationship did not progress.”
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