 "Manoj Tiwary alleges Gautam Gambhir ridiculed Sourav Ganguly: 'He said woh apna jack laga ke aa gaya'")
Manoj Tiwary has made some startling revelations about current India coach Gautam Gambhir who was also his teammate at the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Tiwary claimed that Gambhir, during a Ranji match in 2015, berated Sourav Ganguly and also threatened him.
The alleged incident took place during the Ranji Match between Delhi and Bengal at the Arun Jaitley Stadium (then Feroz Shah Kotla).
‘Gambhir was constantly abusing’
Gambhir allegedly started ridiculing Ganguly when Tiwary was batting in the middle for Delhi.
“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 told The Lallantop in an interview.
Tiwary added that Gambhir even threatened to beat him after the match and the umpires did not take any action against the senior player.
“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.
“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.”
This is not the first time Tiwary has called out Gambhir. He had labelled the former opener as a "hypocrite" after India suffered a 3-1 loss in Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia under Gambhir’s guidance.
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