The cricketing rivalry between India and Pakistan is undoubtedly one of the biggest in the sporting world. It's become a battle of nerves whenever these two South Asian arch-rivals lock horns with each other on the cricket field.

Over the years, the rivalry has seen quite a few on-field altercations as well. Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, who recently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, recalled one of those high-voltage India clashes where he had a heated exchange with fast bowler Ishant Sharma.

In his interaction on YouTube channel 'Nadir Ali Podcast', Kamran was first quizzed about the 2009 incident between him and Gautam Gambhir. However, he revealed that it happened due to a misunderstanding.

“That was complete misunderstanding. It was an Asia Cup match in 2009. Saeed Ajmal bowled, there was an appeal for caught-behind from me. It was given not out. Gambhir said something in a hilarious way, but because of the hype around India-Pakistan matches...he did not any cuss words. If I am not wrong, he said that to himself, but I felt it was directed towards me,” he said.

Kamran then narrated the incident between him and Ishant in 2012, claiming that the Indian pacer used cuss words and also received plenty in return from the Pakistan team before captain MS Dhoni had intervened to settle the matter.

“Ishant Sharma did abuse, but also received them back in plenty (Ishant ne gaali diya par baad main usko bhi bahut pada). MS Dhoni, who was the captain of the team, such a nice person, and Suresh Raina came and settled it down. India were losing and it happened in heat of the moment. Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez were playing very well so he was furious,” Kamran remarked.

Kamran Akmal represented Pakistan in 53 Tests, 157 ODIs and 58 T20Is, scoring 2648, 3236 and 987 runs respectively, including 11 hundreds and 27 fifties.