Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir News:
In match number 10 of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by seven wickets.
This was Kolkata Knight Riders’ second consecutive win. KKR had won by 4 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their first match. On the other hand, this was Royal Challengers Bangalore’s second loss in three matches.
Kohli-Gambhir surprised fans!
In this match, Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir are being discussed more than Kolkata’s win and RCB’s loss. The bitterness between Kohli and Gambhir was well known, but what happened on Friday (March 29) at Bangalore’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium was really no less than a surprise for the fans.
After the end of the 16th over of RCB’s innings, a strategic time out was taken. During the time out, KKR’s mentor Gautam Gambhir also came to the middle of the field to discuss with his players. On the other hand, Kohli was busy talking to a fellow player and drinking water, when Gambhir passed by him. Fans thought that Gambhir-Kohli were going to have a fight like the last IPL, but whatever happened then was recorded in the pages of history in a way.
Gautam Gambhir first shakes hands with Virat Kohli and then hugs him. There is some conversation between the two. During this, smiles are also seen on the faces of both the legends. Everyone is surprised to see this incident. Ravi Shastri, who is commentating the match, says about this incident, ‘It was good to see … Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir.’ Even after the match is over, Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir hug each other.
Even before the start of this match, there were some indications that the ‘enmity’ between the two is not going to last long. Actually, KKR had shared a picture before the match. Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli were seen in it. In the picture, Kohli was seen staring at Gambhir with ice-cold eyes.
…When Kohli had a fight with Gambhir and Naveen
This was the first meeting of Gambhir-Kohli after May 1, 2023. This meeting has completely ended the estrangement. Let us tell you that the match between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and RCB on May 1 last year was recorded in cricket history more for the fight between Virat Kohli and Naveen Ul Haq, then for the ‘tu-tu, main-main’ between Kohli and Gautam Gambhir than for its result. Then the stadium of Lucknow had become an ‘arena’.
During that match, first of all there was a fight between Afghan fast bowler Naveen Ul Haq and Virat Kohli. Then Gautam Gambhir also entered the fight between Kohli and Naveen, who was the mentor of Lucknow Super Giants at that time. There was a fierce argument between Gambhir and Kohli and only a fight was left. After that fight, Gautam Gambhir and Kohli were fined 100 percent of the match fee by the IPL. At the same time, 50 percent of Naveen’s match fee was deducted.
…Naveen-Kohli became friends during the last World Cup
After that IPL match (match of 1 May 2023), cricket fans also started waiting for when Virat Kohli would face Naveen Ul Haq / Gautam Gambhir. The wait of the fans first ended during the Cricket World Cup 2023, when Virat Kohli and Naveen Ul Haq came face to face at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. However, whatever happened at that time was no less than a surprise for the fans. Then Naveen Ul Haq and Virat Kohli became friends.
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During that match played on 11 October 2023, the Afghanistan team batted first. As soon as Naveen came out to bat, the audience started chanting ‘Kohli-Kohli’. Whenever Naveen was taking strike while batting, slogans of ‘Kohli-Kohli’ were being raised. Later, when Kohli came out to bat, the people present in the stadium started waiting for when Naveen Ul Haq would come in front of Virat Kohli. Captain Hasmatullah Shahidi handed over the 20th over of India’s innings to Naveen. On the 5th ball of that over, Virat drove towards mid-off, then took a single on the next ball.
‘All is well that ends well’
In that World Cup match, Naveen Ul Haq was finding it difficult to bowl every ball. Because whenever he was taking a bowling run-up, slogans of ‘Kohli-Kohli’ were being raised in the Arun Jaitley Stadium. There came a time in the match when Virat forbade the audience from hooting Naveen. After some time he hugged Naveen in the middle of the ground. Even after the match Virat and Naveen were seen hugging each other. After the bitterness with Naveen is over, Kohli has now become friends with Gambhir. It means that within six months Kohli has resolved his grievances with Naveen and Gambhir.