It is due to his outspoken nature that former India opener Gautam Gambhir keeps finding himself in the headlines time and again.

On Saturday, Gambhir, Team India's only left-hander to have scored more than 1000 at a 50-plus average, found himself embroiled into another controversy when he allegedly showed his middle finger to spectators during India's Asia Cup 2023 match against Pakistan. However, the left-handed opener clarified on Monday that it was a riposte to "anti-India slogans" from a section of the crowd.