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KARACHI: Pakistan’s 7 feet 1 inch tall, left-arm pacer, Mohammad Irfan spoke about the 2012 T20 series against India. He recalled when India’s opener, Gautam Gambhir had difficulties while facing him and according to him, he was the reason that his career was over as he did not return to the Indian team after that.
Gambhir was dismissed four times in that series and after that, he only played one more ODI series against England before he was dropped from the team. Irfan said, “When I played against India, they were not comfortable batting against me. Some of them told me in the 2012 series in India that they couldn't sight my ball properly because of my height and also didn't read my pace.”
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Claiming that Gambhir’s career was over and he was the reason, he said, “Gautam Gambhir was afraid of me. I think his career ended because of me. He didn't return to the team after that.” He then continued and went on, “He didn't like to face me in the match or when both teams had nets, I always felt he avoided eye to eye contact with me. I remember I got out him four times in 2012 limited over series and he was unnerved against me.”
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Gautam Gambhir last played his T20 series against Pakistan and then played an ODI against England. After that, he was never selected again in the white-ball series. Irfan never mentioned that Gambhir was scared of him but he did say that people congratulated him for ending his career in that format.
He even told a news agency that Virat Kohli mentioned to him that he could not read his pace properly. He said, “He told me he thought I would be around 130-135 kph but I had increased my pace and I was bowling around 145 kph and he had problems picking me up. Once when he was batting, he tried to pull a good length ball and missed.”
We have to see if Gambhir has something to reply to this and clarify whether it is true or not. Stay tuned to Shivalik Journal for more Sports updates.
