The 10 most epic cricket fights of all time

#2. A sleeping giant is awakened

A man notorious for taking naps while fielding at slips, Inzamam-ul-Haq is the last person you’d expect to lose his cool on a cricket field. However, when a spectator picked up a megaphone and started targeting Inzy with taunts of ‘’Alu, Alu (potato)”, Inzamam grabbed a bat, hunted down the offender and gave him a thwack. At this point, he probably returned to his nap on the field, disgruntled at being woken up.

#1. Venkatesh Prasad’s moment of glory

Millions of Indians recall this incident with relish. Venkatesh Prasad, who bowled with friendly medium pace, was being taken apart by Amir Sohail in the India-Pakistan quarterfinal of WC 1996. After hitting a boundary over cover, Sohail called out to Prasad and gestured towards the direction in which the next ball would disappear.

He tried the same shot for the next delivery and his off stump was uprooted. Prasad then injected as many foul words as he could in one breath and gesticulated wildly to Sohail to get back to the pavilion. The person who first labelled cricket as the gentleman’s game must be surely turning and swearing in his grave.

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