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Sandeep Maheshwari vs Vivek Bindra: Brutal rivalries in cricket

YouTubers Sandeep Maheshwari and Vivek Bindra’s controversy is making headlines, let’s revisit cricketing rivalries that came across our mind with this news.

 Two renowned Indian YouTubers Sandeep Maheshwari and Vivek Bindra grabbed highlights in recent days due to their clashes. Both Youtubers are getting attracted by audiences due to their fight related to YouTube. Sandeep and Vivek are speaking harsh words about each other on their YouTube channels and people are divided. Youtuber Vivek Bindra who was selling courses to his viewers was criticized by Sandeep Maheshwari in his Video for his business to his customers. After Vivek Bindra saw that video he got so pumped up that he sent goons to Sandeep’s house. This incident has spread across the country and people are now seeking action every second. 

In reply, Sandeep made a video exposing Vivek Bindra’s reality in front of his viewers and started a hashtag named ‘stopvivekbindra’ which got trending overnight among his fans and brought the controversy to the next level. In Cricket World many incidents went harsh on social media and players have spoken openly about their rivals. We’ve constantly watched former player Gautam Gambhir targeting different players in his interviews and podcasts to criticize that let him gain some support and hate both. Talking about your fellow mates and opposition players on social media is a shameful act that should not happen in a professional space. In this article, we’ve visited some of the rivalries that came out of the ground and became big personal blows. 

Gautam Gambhir vs Sreesanth

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Gautam Gambhir Sreesanth

In a recent Legends League Cricket 2023 Eliminator match, former Indian cricketers S Sreesanth and Gautam Gambhir engaged in a heated exchange, with Sreesanth accusing Gambhir of unnecessary provocation. After the Capitals won by 12 runs, Sreesanth expressed deep offence at Gambhir’s remarks, accusing him of disrespecting senior players and using offensive language, including calling him a ‘fixer’ on live TV. Sreesanth vehemently denied any wrongdoing and highlighted the unacceptable nature of Gambhir’s words and actions on the field. The disagreement escalated during Gambhir’s batting spell, leading to umpire intervention.

Addressing the incident on social media, Sreesanth detailed Gambhir’s use of offensive language, including the ‘F’ word. Gambhir responded cryptically on social media the next day, stating, “Smile when the world is all about attention,” possibly downplaying the confrontation. The exchange underscores tensions between the two former teammates and brings attention to on-field conduct and sportsmanship in the Legends League Cricket tournament.

David Warner vs Mitchell Johnson 

Sandeep Maheshwari vs Vivek Bindra: Brutal rivalries in cricket

Australian former seamer Mitchell Johnson and opener batter David Warner had recently collapsed digitally related to Warner’s retirement. At the start of 2023, Warner announced his retirement from International Cricket after the Ashes series but he didn’t let cricket even after the Ashes and that triggered former seamer, Mitchell Johnson who opened up in a podcast and criticized Australia cricket for letting Warner play his farewell game even after he was involved in the sandpapergate in 2018. Many sports personalities then got involved in that controversy and divided in Johnson’s opinion.  

In reply, Warner added that people are getting views and popularity by talking about me and that doesn’t bother me. After that in the first test against Pakistan Warner has silenced everyone by scoring a brilliant century in his last test series. This clash went so far that families of players got involved in that collision and it that shameful for sports. We’ve seen many times Australian cricketers getting involved in controversies that changed the face of Australians for example the famous Sandpapergate incident in 2018 or the underarm bowling incident of 1981. More Australian players fought openly in the field during the game and Shane Warne’s fight with Marlon Samuels is the most popular one. Australian players have also collapsed with Indian players on the field which took 

Yuvraj Singh vs Andrew Flintoff  

Sandeep Maheshwari vs Vivek Bindra: Brutal rivalries in cricket

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The fight or the contention between Andrew Flintoff and Yuvraj Singh may be the nearest to a Bollywood film. India and England got down to business in the first T20 World Cup in 2007 where the battle occurred. Even though the altercation was between the two all-rounders, in some way or another it was Stuart Broad who bore the brunt of it.

Toward the finish of 18 overs in the first innings, India had scored 171 and searched in sight of getting a score in somewhat proximity to 200 runs. Between overs, a contention had begun between Andrew Flintoff and Yuvraj Singh. A few words were traded between the two and Flintoff let Yuvraj know that he would slit off his jugular. Accordingly, Yuvraj said, “You see this bat in my grasp? Do you know where I’ll use this bat to hit you?” Consistent with his promise, Yuvraj showed the World everything he implied when he said where he would hit Flintoff. The main exemption was that it was Broad who was on the receiving end and was hit for six sixes in an over. Yuvraj crushed six sixes in the nineteenth over and scored the then-fastest fifty in the configuration arriving at the achievement in only 12 balls. With the assistance of Yuvraj’s power-hitting, India arrived at a total of 207 runs in the nineteenth over itself and wound up with 218 runs after the completion of their innings.

Mitchell Starc vs Kieron Pollard

Sandeep Maheshwari vs Vivek Bindra: Brutal rivalries in cricket

The IPL 2014 season saw a ridiculous confrontation between two cricketing legends, Mitchell Starc, and Kieron Pollard, that sent shockwaves through the cricketing scene. The incident happened during a thrilling game between the Regal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the Mumbai Indians. Strains rose as Kieron Pollard faced Mitchell Starc’s savage speedster in the Mumbai Indians’ seventeenth over. Starc bowled a bouncer that appeared to shake Pollard. The West Indian phenomenal powerhouse, never one to back down, responded with strong nonverbal communication, igniting the conflict that was already boiling over.

Starc, strong in his method, kept on bowling emphatically, keeping a wild line and length. Pollard, then again, answered with intense shots, which prompted a verbal contention between the two players. The strain appeared at its pinnacle when Starc, puzzled by Pollard’s strong reaction, to the extent that anybody knows traded warmed words with the West Indian all-rounder. When the two players entered the spirit of the game, the conflict took an odd turn. Starc, in a portrayal of thwarted expectation, tossed the ball towards Pollard, who answered by showing his bat in a subverting way. The on-field umpires quickly interceded, diffusing the unstable circumstance before it rose further. Subject matter experts and cricket fans vary about who was to be blamed in the event, and what began conversation and discussion. The IPL, known for its gaudy ways of behaving and amusement, saw this conflict between Starc and Pollard become one of the most discussed portrayals of the time. The episode finished with the two players getting fined for disregarding the IPL’s overseeing set of rules. The Starc versus Pollard battle stays scratched in the recollections of cricket fans as an uncommon, singing showdown an extra thrilling bend to the IPL 2014 season. The event filled in as a sign of the significance of sportsmanship and resisting the urge to panic without really thinking about it, as well as the uncommon earnestness of T20 cricket.

Harbhajan Singh vs Andrew Symonds

Harbhajan Singh Andrew Symonds

Which began as sledging (very normal in cricket) was transformed into a prejudiced embarrassment that was subsequently named ‘Monkeygate’. The debate was preparing starting from the beginning of the Sydney test match in 2008 where on-field umpire Steve Bucknor’s decisions went in support of Australia. Australia scored 463 runs in the first inning, helped along by the calls. In answer, India lost seven wickets with a score of 345 on the board. Sachin Tendulkar was joined by Harbhajan Singh who then shared a century represent the eighth wicket.

Amidst the stand, Singh had whacked Brett Lee for a four and followed it with a gesture of pat on the back. Andrew Symonds wasn’t a fan of Bhajji’s action and gave him a word or two. In answer, Harbhajan additionally fought back with some abuses. On-field umpire, Mark Benson also reached out and said areas of strength for a to Bhajji. Benson was let by the Australian players know that the Indian off-spinner had passed a racial remark at Symonds and had called him a monkey.

Mike Procter, the match ref, proclaimed that Harbhajan had committed a level 3 infraction of the ICC general set of rules and forced a three-test prohibition on him. However, it was trailed by an official procedure at the government town hall in Adelaide. Symonds called Ponting, Matthew Hayden, and Michael Clarke as witnesses. Tendulkar filled in as Harbhajan’s witness. Judge John Hansen, the ICC requests chief, at long last gave Harbhajan some alleviation when he decided that he was not at fault for offering a racial comment about Symonds. Rather, he was hit with a fine of half of his match fee.

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