5 most heated moments between Indian and Pakistani cricketers

India vs Pakistan - an undated rivalry that has just not restricted itself within the bounds of sports but has rather sprawled over every field of human life; be it politics, literature, music etc. owing to the complicated passions.

Although uninvited, this undesirable fervor has also crept into the beautiful game of cricket and has plagued it with deplorable animosity.

Consequently, when these two teams, or rather nations, face off as a part of a cricketing event, the hype created is unnatural and at times, also galvanize the cricketers into action, who are obliged to take part in some tempestuous situations on the field.

So without further ado, let us take a glimpse of the 5 most heated moments between the aforementioned countries' cricketers.

#5 Gautam Gambhir vs Kamran Akmal

The spat between Gautam Gambhir and Kamran Akmal presented itself in the 2010 Asia Cup at Dambulla. India were asked to chase a target of 268 to qualify for the final of the tournament.

The instance ensued from Kamran Akmal's constant unsuccessful appeals which somehow got under the southpaw's skin. As a consequence, during the drinks break, the hot-headed Indian batsman charged towards Akmal to have a word which flared into an ugly confrontation.

Nevertheless, the set-to quickly simmered down courtesy of the on-field umpires and 'Captain Cool', who extracted Gambhir from the head-to-head.

Later on, in a chat show, Gambhir offered his two cents on the altercation.

"It happened in the heat of the moment. When India and Pakistan play each other then obviously it is a tense game."

"Good or a bad thing you can say but whatever arguments happened between us was during the drinks break. Instead of showing advertisements during the break Neo channel, opted to show our heated arguments."

"I had tried to play and missed it fully. He appealed in such a way that he thought that the ball hit the bat. Then I told him that there is no point in appealing because nothing like that happened, we just got into a heated argument and then it just got from bad to worse."

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#4 Kamran Akmal vs Ishant Sharma

The Indian quick Ishant Sharma and the Pakistani wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal entered into a heated argument in a T20 match in Bangalore.

The clash resulted in the 18th over of the chase as the pressure was building up on both the players. Earlier the same over, Kamran was declared not out after he was caught off a no ball by Ishant who again beat him on the next ball.

In consequence, the two exchanged words in the follow-through and soon found themselves only inches apart from each other. Both the ground umpires and the players had to intervene to clear the air.

Later, both Kamran Akmal and Ishant Sharma were fined 5% and 15% of their match fees respectively.

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#3 Venkatesh Prasad vs Aamir Sohail

In a high-voltage showdown between India and Pakistan in the quarter-finals stage of the 1996 World Cup, Venkatesh Prasad and Aamir Sohail were involved in what later turned out to be a humorous incident.

Sohail was in the zone and enjoying an admirable innings in that match. However, he got carried away and after hitting Prasad for a few boundaries, poked fun at him by gesturing him to fetch the ball. But the poor guy was oblivious to the humiliation lurking ahead.

On the very next ball, the Indian quick made a heroic comeback by breaking the Pakistani's off-stump and sending him off shamefaced (thug life, eh?).

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#2 Gautam Gambhir vs Shahid Afridi

In the third ODI in Kanpur in 2007, another unpleasant face-off fell out between an Indian and a Pakistani cricketer - this time Gautam Gambhir with Shahid Afridi.

The two hit the headlines when they indulged in a heated on-field exchange. Gambhir played a shot towards short third-man and while completing a single, he collided with Shahid Afridi on his way.

As a result, both charged towards each other, causing a verbal duel in which abuses were also traded. The umpire Ian Gould was forced to mediate between Afridi and Gambhir, who were later fined by the match referee.

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#1 Javed Miandad vs Kiran More

This confrontation will, in all likelihood, go down in history as one of the most vehement yet laughable incidents in cricket.

The event occurred in the 1992 World Cup on 4 March at Sydney. The Indian team had notched up a total of 216 which appeared to be easy for Pakistan.

During the chase, Kiran More kept ruffling Miandad's feathers by his constant animated appeals and full-throated shouts to light a fire under his bowlers. More and Miandad also exchanged some verbal duels during this time.

All the same, Miandad lost his cool eventually and in a slapstick attempt to ridicule More by imitating his antics, the Pakistani veteran made three amusing frog jumps, cracking us all up.

Surprisingly, neither of them received a penalty or a fine and were easily let off the hook.