Former KKR player gave a big statement on the old fight with Gautam Gambhir, narrated the whole story!

 

West Bengal captain Manoj Tiwari has retired from all forms of cricket. Manoj also played 12 One Day International matches for Team India. Apart from this, Tiwari participated in 148 first-class matches. 38 year old Tiwari is currently the Sports Minister in the Bengal government. 38 year old Tiwari is currently the Sports Minister in the Bengal government. Manoj Tiwari ended his cricket career with a win against Bihar on Monday. He has more than 10 thousand runs to his name in first-class cricket, but Tiwari has often been at the center of many controversies during his career.

While retiring, he has also made serious allegations against former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Now he has also given a big statement regarding former veteran opener Gautam Gambhir.

Manoj Tiwari said, “I think my fight with Gautam Gambhir was a big mistake. If you meet my friends, you will know that I am not the type of player who argues with his senior players. I could have avoided that fight. I have good relations with my seniors, but a fight has tarnished my image.”

The former batsman further said, “Yes, it is true, what he said shows his immaturity and he should not have said so. In Kotla, the tents of journalists are set up inside the grounds and that is why someone heard this. I feel even worse about this fight because later we played cricket for the same team and talked a lot together, when we played together for KKR, we used to talk a lot.”

Manoj said, “Gambhir and I have a lot of passion for sports, but because of this passion sometimes something happens which should not happen in front of people. However, after this we neither met nor talked about this issue.”

What has actually happened?

Let us tell you that in 2015, the Ranji Trophy match was being played between Bengal and Delhi at Firoz Shah Kotla Stadium (now – Arun Jaitley Stadium). In the match, Manoj Tiwari was batting at number 4, who had earlier batted wearing a cap. After some time, he gestured to Sumit Narwal to ask for a helmet while bowling. On this, he had an argument with Gautam Gambhir standing in the slip, after which the players intervened. It is known that both the players have played cricket together for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a long time.