“Videos can easily be fabricated on social media”- Netizens divided after Gautam Gambhir’s VULGAR act as he shows middle finger to fans

He said that some Pakistani fans were uttering something against India that he couldn't hear.

“Videos can easily be fabricated on social media”- Netizens divided after Gautam Gambhir’s VULGAR act as he shows middle finger to fans

Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir (Images via Hindustan Times, X)

Former India cricketer and current BJP MP Gautam Gambhir is a controversial figure. And now a video surfaced online which further damaged his reputation in the cricket fraternity. Though it invited brutal loathing, a section of netizens also defended him.

It was his action that caught the attention of the fans. The video seemed to be captured during India’s match against Pakistan at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

YouTube video

Gambhir was talking on his phone and walking from the field. There were chants of ‘Kohli Kohli‘ and what did Gambhir do? He showed his middle finger towards the fans. But later he also gave his explanation as to why he did that. He said that some Pakistani fans were uttering something against India that he couldn’t hear, hence the middle finger.

“What is shown on social media has no truth in it because people show whatever they want to show. The truth about the video that went viral is that if you raise anti-India slogans and speak about Kashmir then the person before you will obviously react and not smile and leave,” Gambhir told ANI.

Amid backlash, he took to X (formerly Twitter) and shared this post:

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Check how fans reacted to Gautam Gambhir’s vulgar gesture

Netizens divided after Gautam Gambhir's VULGAR act as he shows middle finger to fans who were chanting 'Kohli Kohli'
Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli (Image via NDTV)

Netizens couldn’t buy Gautam Gambhir’s explanation and brutally slammed him. But because Gambhir said he heard anti-India slogans, some fans started defending him.

Check their reactions here:

https://twitter.com/are_yrr_riya/status/1698737652575662185
https://twitter.com/_VishwajitPatil/status/1698742490239815712
https://twitter.com/CricketFreakD3/status/1698741737056026761
https://twitter.com/ImHydro45/status/1698723105324372450
https://twitter.com/iam_shimorekato/status/1698736935991464178

Gautam Gambhir is part of the commentary panel of the 2023 Asia Cup. In the commentary box during the India-Pakistan match, he even made a weird statement.

He said that the player who finishes the match is the watch-winner. Fans sensed hypocrisy and slammed him because Gambhir has often slammed those who credited India’s 2011 World Cup win to MS Dhoni‘s six.

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