Throwback to when Irfan Pathan took a personal dig at Kumar Sangakkara in a sledge fest

Irfan Pathan who had anunced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Saturday went on to talk about his ugly verbal altercation with Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara during a Test match between India and Sri Lanka which was played at Delhi in 2005. 

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Irfan and Sangakkara's verbal altercation

While speaking on channel which is official broadcaster of India-Sri Lanka T20I series, Pathan said during that Test match in Delhi, he had scored 93 in second innings when Virender Sehwag was injured and he was promoted up order. veteran pacer n mentioned that Kumar Sangakkara after having realized that match was going away from m was just trying to tell Irfan something very nasty.  

former left-arm bowler n added that Lankan wicket-keeper had said something personal to him and he returned favour as well. Pathan n revealed that he had said something about his wife after former Sri Lankan skipper had said something about his parents. 35-year-old n added that y were t happy with each or at that time.

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How Pathan & Sangakkara became friends?

It did t take too long for Irfan Pathan and Kumar Sangakkara to be on same p courtesy of Indian Premier League (IPL) which has succeeded in bringing all players across globe under one roof ever since its inception in 2008. In inaugural edition, both Pathan and Sangakkara were roped in by Kings XI Punjab.

Recollecting one of incidents, Irfan said that as soon as Sangakkara's better half used to come on right, he used to go left and n one day World T20 2014 winner had told his wife that Pathan was guy who had said something about her after which he apologized.  However, veteran all-rounder also went on to say that Sangakkara had explained to him that he was one who had said something to him due to which all se happened after which y became friends.

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