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The Indian vs Pakistan clashes of the past have produced some heated as well as hilarious moments. Be it the clash between Kiran More and Javed Miandad during the 1992 World Cup, Inzamam-ul-Haq losing his temper and hitting fans with the bat or exchange of words between Gautam Gambhir and Shoaib Akhtar, the matches between the two sides have always been full of passion and aggression. As the rivalry renews in Dubai on Wednesday, here is a look at some of the most heated moments between India and Pakistan on the cricketing field.
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Javed Miandad jumping to imitate Kiran More during the 1992 World Cup match between India and Pakistan is the one funniest incidents in cricket. The former Pakistan batsman did this as he could not tolerate incessant appeals by the former Indian Wicketkeeper. (YouTube)
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In the 1996 World cup quarter-final, Venkatesh Prasad was smashed by Aamir Sohail for a four after which the Pakistan opener pointed towards the boundary. On the next ball, Prasad cleaned him up by taking his off-stump with a beautiful inswinger. (YouTube)
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In 2010 Asia Cup, Sohaib Akhtar threw a few words at Harbhajan Singh when the Chennai Super Kings player came to the crease. The offspinner replied in style by hitting the winning six for India. (YouTube)
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During a match in 2007, Gautam Gambhir and Shahid Afridi got themselves involved into a heated argument when the former played the ball down the ground and on his way to a single ran into the Pakistani player. As abuses and slang words started to get exchanged between the two, the umpires had to eventually separate them. (IE)
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During a Twenty-20 match in 2012, things got pretty serious between Ishant Sharma and Kamran Akmal. The Pakistan wicketkeeper who had survived after getting out on a no-ball, got into a war of words with Ishant who beat the Pakistani player on the next delivery. Both players started yelling at each other before umpires and the other team players pulled them away. (PTI)
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On September 14, 1997, during the Sahara Cup ODI between India and Pakistan in Toronto, fans in the stands heckled Inzamam-ul-Haq, calling him an 'Aaloo'. Having had enough of listening to the taunting, Inzamam grabbed the spectator and beat him up with his bat. (YouTube)
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Another spat that took place during 2010 Asia Cup was between Pakistani wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal and Gautam Gambhir. The Indian opener decided to confront Akmal as the latter kept on making unsuccessful appeals to him. So, during the drinks break, Gambhir charged towards Akmal for his unsporting behaviour and things got a little heated up between the two. (Reuters)
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In another India vs Pakistan match, Virender Sehwag and Shoaib Akhtar got into a heated argument. Akthar, who kept on bowling bouncers to Sehwag forcing him to play the pull shot, was asked by the latter to bowl the same to 'baap' Sachin Tendulkar, who easily dispatched his ball for a six. After Tendulkar's six, Sehwag went up to Akhtar and said: "Baap baap hota hai aur beta beta hota hai."
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