WATCH: Yusuf Pathan and Mitchell Johnson involved in a heated argument, video goes viral

Irfan Pathan-led Bhilwara Kings came with some strong batting performances in the first of the two qualifiers of the Legends League Cricket 2022. They posted a mammoth target of 227 runs for the India Capitals. Apart from the batting brilliance of the Kings’ batter, another moment from the first innings caught the attention of the cricket fans.

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It all happened Mitchell Johnson and Yusuf Pathan ended up involved in a heated exchange of words with each other in the 19^th over of the innings.

Prior to that, Kings faced some early blows as the wicketkeeper-batter Morne van Wyk fell prey to Johnson only on the score of four runs. But Shane Watson had some other plans and took the charge to take his team towards a big score.

To increase the number of runs on the board, the Pathan brothers were there in the middle and looking ahead to push the game in the final overs of the innings. But during the penultimate over of the innings, senior pacer Johnson went on to do some provocative things with the senior Pathan, Yusuf.

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The former Aussie veteran pushed Yusuf and said f**k off to him, this didn’t go down well with the veteran Indian all-rounder. Although, umpires intervened later and resolved the issue. Following the controversial incident, the Kings’ camp went on initiate a complaint to the umpire over Johnson’s unruly attitude.

Here's the video :

#ICYMI: Things got really heated in @llct20 between Yusuf Pathan and Mitchell Johnson. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/4EnwxlOg5P

— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) October 2, 2022

However, Yusuf replied to Johnson in his own unique style as he smashed 6,4, and 6 in the next three deliveries before getting dismissed in that very over.

Later on, younger Pathan, Irfan Pathan continued smashing the runs, and thanks to that, Bhilwara Kings posted this season’s highest score of 226 runs in the allotted 20 overs. But in an unfortunate ending for Kings, India Capitals successfully chased down the target in 19.3 overs to win the match by four wickets. Former NZ veteran Ross Taylor played a swashbuckling knock of 84 runs for the Capitals.