Former Indian cricketer Sreesanth has come out while talking about the on-field dispute with former teammate Gautam Gambhir during the Legends League Cricket match on Wednesday at Lalabhai Contractor Stadium in Surat. During the course of the game, both Gambhir and Sreesanth got involved into a heated exchange of words following which umpires had to come to pacify them. Speaking out about that, Sreesanth came hard on Gambhir by stating that he was hurt by what Gambhir said. 

“Just wanted to clear the air with what happened with Mr fighter. One who always fights with all his colleagues. For no reason whatsoever. He does not even respect his own senior players, including Viru Bhai and a lot of people. That’s exactly what happened today. Without any provocation, he just kept on calling me something which was very rude which shouldn’t have been said by Mr Gautam Gambhir,” Sreesanth said in a video on his Instagram. 

“So, I am not at all at fault here. I just wanted to clear the air straight away. What Mr Gauti has done, sooner or later all of you will get to know. The words which he used and the things he said on a cricket field, live, is not acceptable. My family, my state, everybody has gone through so much. I fought that battle with all your support. Now people want to down me for no reason. He said things he shouldn’t have said. I will surely let you know what he said,” stated Sreesanth.

“What’s the point of representing people if you don’t respect your own colleague? Even in broadcasting when he is asked about Virat, he never speaks about him. He speaks about something else. I don’t want to go further in detail. Just want to say I am very hurt and my family is hurt and my dear ones are hurt. And the way he said things… I haven’t used a single bad word or a single abuse, nothing. He just kept on saying words which he always does,” added Sreesanth.