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- Sep 25, 2023
Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli got involved in a heated altercation in the 43rd match of the IPL 2023 between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore ended. It started when they shook hands with each other. Gambhir appeared to shake Kohli’s hand aggressively. Then when Kohli was having a chat with Kyle Mayers, Gambhir pulled Mayers away from Kohli.
Now the alleged conversation between the two heavyweights have emerged. It somewhat went like this.
During the altercation, Gambhir told Kohli that abusing any of the LSG players is like abusing Gambhir’s family. Kohli then reportedly responded to Gambhir saying, “Then you take care of your family. Gambhir then retorted, “So now…, i have to learn from you.
Both Kohli and Gambhir were fined 100% of their match fee.
After the game, there was another heated exchange between Kohli and Naveen ul Haq. There were reports that said Kohli had shown Naveen his shoes. Naveen also shook Kohli’s hand very aggressively when the two players met for handshakes after the game was finished.
Kohli and Naveen also took the on-field fight to social media where they took jibes at each other through Instagram posts which went viral. This fight had its roots all the way from the M Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bangalore where LSG won a nail bitter over there against RCB.
After the game, Gambhir made a gesture with his finger on his lips and shushed the Chinnaswamy crowd. At the Ekana Stadium, Kohli did something on the similar lines. He also used the finger gesture to the Lucknow crowd but urged them to support RCB instead of the home side.
The home crowd also rallied behind Kohli and supported RCB after the match ended. The game was an absolute humdinger and RCB ended up on the winning side by a narrow 18 -run margin. LSG will take on Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday at home. There are reports that Krunal Pandya could captain LSG in KL Rahul’s absence as he picked up an injury during the RCB game.
Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:
Gambhir be like.. pic.twitter.com/NROiMugQfs
— R🫥HIT (@which_rohit) May 2, 2023
Moral of the story …
Gambhir bhai ne last match winning pe celebration kiya tha so as Aavesh.. Virat ne bhi apne emotions dikhaye during match …Naveen ka kya problem tha pata nahi kuch bola usne woh main reason tha eska baaki agar Virat ne jo field pe celebrate kiya uske..
— Chirag_patel.18 (@pcg22) May 3, 2023
Kohli had to pay 1.07 cr just for saying "Toh aap apne family ko sambhal ke rakhiye" 😭?
— 😾 (@vinxi_) May 2, 2023
In short “fudupan” from Ghambir – frustrated person
— Ishaan Meet (@ishaanmeet) May 3, 2023
Gautam’s last reply has such a boomer energy to it, smh.
— Yuvraj Nanda (@YuvrajNanda) May 2, 2023
Wow pic.twitter.com/FfXGXFFb1X
— Sagar Khandelwal (@Khandelw13Sagar) May 2, 2023
— Adi (@med_maven) May 2, 2023
Whole incident was cooked by Siraj and Naveen ul haq, climax was Gambhir and Kohli face off. They don't like each other from last 10 years and we could find it in matches between Old KKR and RCB and here Gautam is at fault as Kohli was still calling him "Aap" but GG kept poking.
— Shubman Gang (@ShubmanGang) May 2, 2023
Arrogance personified – Gautam Gambhir
— Nirmal Jyothi (@majornirmal) May 2, 2023
This helmet legend has gone into hiding pic.twitter.com/LxIgt2czto
— Shubman Gang (@ShubmanGang) May 2, 2023
if lsg players are like his family then even virat was his family when they played for indian team this gambhir guy is unreal
— 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤 (@iromeostark) May 2, 2023