When Hayden ‘threatened to punch’ Parthiv Patel in his face
PTI, May 7, 2020, 3:49 PM IST
New Delhi: Now a “good friend” of Matthew Hayden, out-of-favour India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel has recalled a time when the big-hitting former Australia opener had threatened to punch him in his face.
The incident took place during an ODI series in 2004. Patel shared the anecdote during an interaction with Fever Network’s ‘100 hours 100 stars’.
“I was carrying drinks in Brisbane, it was the match in which Irfan Pathan got him out. He had already scored a hundred, and it was a crucial stage when Irfan got him out. And I was just passing him by and I did a ‘hoo hoo’ to him,” Patel said.
The gesture did not go down well with the burly Aussie who gave the Indian an earful.
“He got so angry at me. He was standing at the Brisbane dressing room which is like a tunnel. He was standing there, and he said ‘if you do this again, I will punch your face’. I said ‘sorry’, I stood around and he went off,” Patel said.
The two cricketers became teammates at Chennai Super Kings, four years after that incident. Patel said he also got invited by Hayden at his home in Australia for dinner after the IPL.
“Yeah, Hayden wanted to beat me up in Brisbane. But we became good friends after that. We played a lot of cricket together at CSK. We enjoyed each other’s company.
“Opening the batting was fun with him. We’ve had good times off the field as well. So we patched up after that Brisbane incident.
“After the IPL finished, I went to Australia with an emerging side. Hayden called me home, prepared chicken biryani and dal for me,” said Patel.
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