'Smile When the World is All About Attention': Gautam Gambhir Reacts to Sreesanth's Rant on Misbehaviour

Gautam Gambhir took to social media to seemingly respond to the controversial statements made by S. Sreesanth, after the pair were involved in an on-field spat.

The incident happened during the Legends League Cricket (LLC) 2023 Eliminator betweeen Gujarat Giants and India Capitals in Surat on Wednesday.

After the end of the match, Sreesanth went live on his official Instagram account.

“Unfortunately we lost the legends but thank you for all the love and support,” Sreesanth said.

“Just wanted to clear the air with what happened with Mr fighter. One who always fights with all his colleagues. For no reason whatsoever. He does not even respect his own senior players, including Viru Bhai. That’s exactly what happened today. Without any provocation, he just kept on calling me something which was very rude which shouldn’t have been said by Mr Gautam Gambhir,” he added.

Sreesanth clarified that he was not at fault.

“I am not at all at fault here. I just wanted to clear the air straight away. What Mr Gauti has done, sooner or later all of you will get to know. The words which he used and the things he said on a cricket field, live, is not acceptable. My family, my state, everybody has gone through so much. I fought that battle with all your support. Now people want to down me for no reason. He said things he shouldn’t have said. I will surely let you know what he said,” Sreesanth said.

“What’s the point of representing people if you don’t respect your own colleagues? Even in broadcasting when he is asked about Virat, he never speaks about him. He speaks about something else. I don’t want to go further in detail. Just want to say I am very hurt and my family is hurt and my dear ones are hurt. And the way he said things…. I haven’t used a single bad word or a single abuse, nothing. He just kept on saying words which he always does,” he added.

Gambhir later posted the message: “Smile when the world is all about attention!”

Gambhir’s India Capitals clinched the victory in their encounter by 12 runs, knocking Sreesanth’s Gujarat Giants out of LLC 2023.