Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi recently released his autobiography, Game Changer which depicts various incidents of his cricketing career. However, not all of them have been pleasant and one of the key highlights of his book is his brutal opinion about Indian opener Gautam Gambhir.
"Some rivalries were personal, some professional. First the curious case of Gambhir. Oh, poor Gautam. He & his attitude problem. He who has no personality. He who is barely a character in the great scheme of cricket. He who has no great records just a lot of attitude," wrote Afridi.
In response, the Indian southpaw had tweeted,
After which, Afridi retorted to the tweet during the official launch of his book,
"He (Gambhir) has a mental problem and if he wants I can get him treated at my hospital."
Recently, Gambhir had hit back at Afridi by claiming that the Pakistani all-rounder has the mental age of a 16-year-old and once again suggested psychiatric treatment to the former Pakistan all-rounder.
Meanwhile, he also talked about his sensational 37-ball hundred against Sri Lanka that he had hit in his debut series for Pakistan in 1996. He scored 102 off 40 balls with six fours and eleven sixes to set the record for the fastest ODI century by any batsman at that time.
The record stayed intact until 2014 when New Zealand's Corey Anderson scored a 36-ball hundred against West Indies.
Afridi further revealed that he had scored the hundred with Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar's bat. Afridi revealed that Tendulkar had given his bat to Waqar Younis to take it to Sialkot, to get a custom-made replica.
However, prior to taking the bat to Sialkot, Younis had given the bat to Afridi who went to score a century in his second ODI for Pakistan.
Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi recently released his autobiography, Game Changer which depicts various incidents of his cricketing career. However, not all of them have been pleasant and one of the key highlights of his book is his brutal opinion about Indian opener Gautam Gambhir.
"Some rivalries were personal, some professional. First the curious case of Gambhir. Oh, poor Gautam. He & his attitude problem. He who has no personality. He who is barely a character in the great scheme of cricket. He who has no great records just a lot of attitude," wrote Afridi.
In response, the Indian southpaw had tweeted,
After which, Afridi retorted to the tweet during the official launch of his book,
"He (Gambhir) has a mental problem and if he wants I can get him treated at my hospital."
Recently, Gambhir had hit back at Afridi by claiming that the Pakistani all-rounder has the mental age of a 16-year-old and once again suggested psychiatric treatment to the former Pakistan all-rounder.
Meanwhile, he also talked about his sensational 37-ball hundred against Sri Lanka that he had hit in his debut series for Pakistan in 1996. He scored 102 off 40 balls with six fours and eleven sixes to set the record for the fastest ODI century by any batsman at that time.
The record stayed intact until 2014 when New Zealand's Corey Anderson scored a 36-ball hundred against West Indies.
Afridi further revealed that he had scored the hundred with Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar's bat. Afridi revealed that Tendulkar had given his bat to Waqar Younis to take it to Sialkot, to get a custom-made replica.
However, prior to taking the bat to Sialkot, Younis had given the bat to Afridi who went to score a century in his second ODI for Pakistan.