5 of the worst fights from past India-Australia clashes

#3 The elbowing

Shane Watson and Gautam Gambhir got into an argument

Later in 2008, it was the Kangaroos’ turn to travel India for a four-match Test series and the temperature soared up quite expectedly. It was the third Test of the series being contested at the Feroz Shah Kotla and the two teams were involved in yet another brawl.

The incident panned out on day one of the match when Gautam Gambhir was attempting to go for a second run. When he was running the first one, Shane Watson seemed to have sledged him, which might have provoked the man from Delhi.

During the second round, Gambhir elbowed Watson for which he was slapped with a one-match ban under Level 2 offence of not playing the game within the spirit and laws. Gambhir appealed against the suspension, the ban was upheld and the Indian had to miss the fourth Test even after notching up a double ton at his hometown.