The on-field spat between Indian Cricketer Manoj Tiwaryand Gautam Gambhir became uglier.Few days back both the cricketers involved in verbal war in a match.
Later the incident Manoj Tiwary made sensational comments and alleged that Gambhir had insulted Indian former captain Sourav Ganguly and made racist remarks about Bengalis.
Manoj Tiwary speaking about the issue on Sunday said his Gautam Gambhir and his teammates made some unsavoury comments about former India captain Ganguly that has irked him.
The Bengal skipper said he spoke to Ganguly after the ugly spat.It is learnt that the former India captain was upset after learning about the developments.
However Gautam Gambhir dismissed Manoj Tiwary’s allegations that he made racist comments against the Bengali community and Sourav Ganguly and issued a press statement.Gambhir said he has good respect on Ganguly.
Here’s Gambhir’s complete statement about the incident:
On Sunday, Manoj Tiwary stooped to a new low by claiming that I made racist remarks about Bengali community and my favourite India captain and one of the best cricketers I have played under Mr Sourav Ganguly whom I fondly call Dada.
Let me categorically state here that these allegations are baseless and Tiwary’s way of sensationalising things through his figment of imagination.
First of all I am a proud Indian who respects all religions, communities and sexes.Then, ever since I have had the honour of leading Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL I have been humbled by the love and affection showered on my team and me by Bengali community.
I have said in numerous interviews that Bengal is my second home and the support of the fans is the biggest X factor for KKR.I can’t thank them enough for helping us win IPL title twice.
Dada taught Indian cricket to play aggressive brand of cricket and modelled the team to win outside India.His contribution to Indian cricket is unparalleled.
Personally, I made my India debut under Dada’s leadership and can never forget the way he eased me into the team dressing room.Besides, I have picked up a lot of things from Dada’s leadership ways and put them in practice for KKR.It is unfortunate that Dada’s name was dragged in by Tiwary perhaps to gain cheap publicity.
Media reports also attributed Tiwary claiming that I was fined 70 per cent and he 40 as I was the prime offender.This is far from truth.I was fined more because this was my second offence in consecutive games (I was fined 10 per cent for showing dissent against umpire’s decision in the last game against Haryana).
It had nothing to do with the nature of the offence something that can be verified by the BCCI match referee.
I’d also like to question why didn’t Tiwary bring this up yesterday? In the end I’d like to wish sanity in life for Tiwary and being his senior would like to advise that he should concentrate on his game rather than making sensational claims.’’
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