‘You Guys Cheat’: Sangakkara’s Fierce Remark On India Star After Muralitharan Assault

C icket
has
always
wit essed
i te se
o -field
ival ies
a d
ve bal
excha ges,
but
some
i cide ts
emai
hidde
behi d
the
sce es
fo
yea s.
Fo me
I dia
all- ou de
I fa
Patha
ece tly
ope ed
up
about
a
lesse -k ow
heated
alte catio
with
fo me
S i
La ka
captai
a d
wicketkeepe
Kuma
Sa gakka a
du i g
a
Test
match
i
2005.

Speaki g
o
JioHotsta ‘s
Cheeky
Si gles
p og am,
Patha
ecalled
how
a
dispute
ove
the
match
ball
escalated
i to
a
pe so al
ow
afte
he
hit
lege da y
off-spi e
Muttiah
Mu alitha a
fo
co secutive
sixes,
leadi g
to
sha p
ema ks
f om
Sa gakka a.

I cide t
At
Fe oz
Shah
Kotla

The
flashpoi t
occu ed
du i g
a
2005
Test
match
betwee
I dia
a d
S i
La ka
i
New
Delhi.
Patha
came
out
to
ope
the
batti g
alo gside
Gautam
Gambhi
a d
sco ed
a
fi e
k ock
of
93
u s.

Howeve ,
te sio s
had
al eady
bee
b ewi g
p io
to
I dia’s
i i gs.
Du i g
S i
La ka’s
tu
to
bat,
the
match
umpi es
eplaced
the
ball,
which
deeply
displeased
the
visiti g
side.
Sa gakka a,
i
pa ticula ,
was
the
most
vocal
i
exp essi g
his
f ust atio
ove
the
decisio .

Fie y
O -Field
Alte catio

Whe
I dia
bega
thei
batti g,
Patha
was
p omoted
to
ope
without
full
k owledge
of
the
ea lie
ball-cha ge
co t ove sy.
Soo
afte
taki g
the
c ease,
Patha
attacked
S i
La ka’s
key
bowle ,
hitti g
Muttiah
Mu alitha a
fo
two
sixes.
This
agg essive
app oach
de ailed
S i
La ka’s
pla s,
p ovoki g
a
immediate
eactio
f om
Sa gakka a
behi d
the
stumps.

Visibly
iled
up,
Sa gakka a
lau ched
a
pe so al
attack
agai st
Patha
a d
the
I dia
team.
Patha
sha ed
Sa gakka a’s
exact
wo ds
f om
that
heated
mome t:

“You
guys
cheat,
you
pa e ts
teach
you
all
this
a d
blah
blah.”

Refusi g
to
back
dow ,
Patha
espo ded
fi mly.
Remembe i g
the
co f o tatio ,
Patha
stated:

“If
he
is
getti g
hit
fo
sixes
with
the
ew
ball,
it
mea s
you
have
de ailed
the
oppositio ‘s
pla i g
a
bit.
Sudde ly,
Sa gakka a
sta ted
sayi g,
‘You
guys
cheat,
you
pa e ts
teach
you
all
this
a d
blah
blah.’
He
we t
pe so al,
a d
I
also
a swe ed
back.
He
sta ted
it.”

Bu yi g
The
Hatchet
I
IPL

Despite
the
bitte
excha ge
o
the
field,
the
feud
did
ot
last
fo eve .

Yea s
late ,
both
playe s
fou d
themselves
i
the
same
team
whe
they
we e
picked
up
by
Ki gs
XI
Pu jab
( ow
Pu jab
Ki gs)
i
the
I dia
P emie
League
(IPL).
Sha i g
a
d essi g
oom
a d
di i g
with
Sa gakka a’s
family
p ompted
Patha
to
add ess
the
old
co flict
matu ely.

Both
playe s
apologized
to
each
othe
fo
thei
actio s
du i g
the
Test
match
a d
fo med
a
st o g
f ie dship
afte wa d.

Reflecti g
o
how
they
esolved
the
issue,
Patha
sha ed:

“Afte
the
auctio ,
I
saw
I
would
be
playi g
with
Sa gakka a
at
Pu jab.
Now
I
was
eati g
with
his
family,
a d
I
did
ot
k ow
what
to
do.
I
we t
a d
told
him
so y.
He
also
apologised,
a d
the
we
became
good
f ie ds.
Emotio s
a e
high,
a d
you
always
make
mistakes.
It
matte s
how
matu ely
you
ha dle
thi gs.”

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