5 instances when former cricketers got involved in a verbal tussle

2. Matthew Hayden – Ravi Shastri

Hayden had criticized the Indian pitches against the touring South Africans

The pitches during South Africa’s tour to India last year drew the ire of several members of the cricketing fraternity. One of them was former Australian batsman Matthew Hayden and he used his Twitter account to express his disgust about the pitches being tampered to suit the home team.

Ravi Shastri was not too pleased about Hayden’s opinion and slammed him and his other countrymen who were complaining about the conditions. He said, “Let them sit in Australia and talk about their pitches. Tell them not to waste their time about Indian tracks. Come and play here.”

Matthew Hayden was also not one to back down and he gave Shastri a fitting response by stating, “After a 103 Test matches, I deserve a voice and I will have that voice for the betterment of cricket. And there are some terrific reactions. For example, Ravi Shastri just said the popular view ‘Go back home and worry about your own pitches.”