'Mr Fighter', 'Fixer': Gautam Gambhir and Sreesanth's ugly onfield spat continues on social media

NEW DELHI: Gautam Gambhir is not the type to remain silent if provoked. Following ex-India fast bowler S Sreesanth's video message expressing disappointment over Gambhir's conduct, the left-handed batsman responded humbly on Twitter without directly addressing Sreesanth by name."Smile when the world is all about attention!," Gambhir wrote on his X handle (formerly Twitter). A heated argument occurred between Gambhir and Sreesanth during the Legends League Cricket (LLC) match between India Capitals and Gujarat Giants on Wednesday.However, Sreesanth broke his silence after Gambhir's cryptic post and revealed, in a video, that the former left-hander called him a 'fixer'. The two World Cup-winning players were involved in a heated exchange during the LLC match on Wednesday.The umpires had to intervene ad separate the two players."He kept on calling me 'fixer fixer, you are a fixer, ** off you fixer on live television on centre wicket," Sreesanth said while going live from his Instagram handle."I just said 'what are you saying', I kept laughing in a sarcastic way. He spoke to the umpires in the same language when they tried to control him," he added.Sreesanth was handed a life ban by the BCCI's disciplinary committee due to his alleged involvement in the IPL 2013 spot fixing scandal.However, the ban was reduced to seven years in 2019 by the Supreme court of India. "From my side, I didn't use any bad word. Please guys support the real truth. He has been doing it with a lot of people. I have no idea why he started it, it was the end of the over."Now his people are saying sixer sixer bola hai but unhone bola you fixer, tu fixer hai (his people are claiming he said sixer sixer but he said you are a fixer). This is not the way to talk. I'm thinking of leaving it (the incident) here but his people are trying to save him. I request you all to not fall for extra paid PR work," Sreesanth added.Both Gambhir and Sreesanth were part of the victorious 2011 World Cup winning Indian team.After the match, Sreesanth had posted a video, slammed Gambhir and narrated the incident. "Thank you for all the love and support. Just wanted to clear the air on what happened with 'Mr Fighter' who always fights with all his colleagues for absolutely no reason. He does not even respect his own senior players including Viru bhai (Virender Sehwag) and a lot of people. Even today, without any provocation, he kept calling me something very rude and something he should not have said. I am not at all fault, wanted to clear the air," said Sreesanth in the video."What Mr Gauti has done, you will know sooner or later. The words he said on the cricket field are not unacceptable. Please do support and me, my state and family have gone through so much and I fought those battles with all your support and now people want to down me for no reason, even when I am giving my best and the team is doing well," continued the former pacer. "I will let you all know what he said. What is the point of representing the people if you do not respect your colleagues? Even in live broadcasting, when he is asked about Virat, he never speaks about him, he speaks about something else. I do not want to go further in details. I am hurt, my family is hurt and my dear ones are hurt. The way he said things, I did not use any single bad/abusive word, he just kept on saying words, like he always does," concluded Sreesanth.