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Former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli narrated a special anecdote
How former Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul-Haq got entangled with the crowd.
New Delhi. Whenever a cricket match is played between India and Pakistan, it is memorable. The two countries no longer play each other in bilateral series, only in the ICC tournament or the ACC tournament, the competition between India and Pakistan is seen. By the way, there was a time when the series was played between the two teams. India and Pakistan may be staunch opponents of each other on the field, but off-field relations are similar to those of other teams. Former Pakistan captain Intamam-ul-Haq once did something that is still remembered today. He thrashed the fans who used abusive words for the former Indian captain’s wife.
During the Sharjah Cup played between India and Pakistan in 1997, there was a ruckus over the misbehavior of the fans. The Pakistan captain responded with the bat to comments made by fans while fielding in the match being played against India in Toronto. Inzamam-ul-Haq did not play the bat but picked it up. While fielding, the spectators who came to watch the match first called Inzamam fat and then made lewd comments about the wife of Mohammad Azharuddin, who was captaining Team India. Inzamam-ul-Haq tolerated the comments made on him but got furious after listening to the cheap talk about the Indian captain’s wife.
Former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli mentioned about this incident in an interview. He had said. Batting first, the Pakistan team scored 116 runs in the second ODI. India was ahead in the series by winning the first match by 20 runs. During fielding, we got Inzamam-ul-Haq to get the bat from the 12th player of our team. Now we all were surprised to know that why the fielder of the opposing team asked the 12th player of our team to bring the bat. After some time, when there was a lot of uproar, then it was understood.
Kambli told that everyone felt that Inzamam-ul-Haq was called fat by the spectators watching the match, because of which he was furious, but after the match, Pakistan’s fast bowler Waqar Younis told the real thing. Waqar told that the person in the crowd was saying dirty things about Azharuddin’s wife. Inzamam respects women a lot and he could not tolerate all this and asked for a bat and attacked him.
Police and match officials came and settled the fight between Inzamam and the person who came to watch the match. Due to this quarrel, the match also had to be stopped for about 40 minutes. The match was resumed after the matter was completely calm. After this incident, Inzamam was banned for two matches by the ICC.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : February 20, 2023, 13:12 IST