Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly’s feud with ex-India skipper Virat Kohli appears to be nonetheless persevering with even after an amicable ‘handshake’ between the 2 after their final IPL 2023 match in New Delhi. Ganguly solely praised one of many two centurions – Shubman Gill – though Kohli additionally notched up a file seventh hundred within the Indian Premier League within the match towards Gujarat Titans on Sunday.
Ganguly solely known as out Gill, who scored a match-winning hundred for GT and dumped RCB out of the Playoffs race, whereas selecting to not point out Kohli in his tweet after the match. “What talent this country produces .. shubman gill .. wow .. two stunning knocks in two halves .. IPL.. .. what standards in the tournament @bcci,” Ganguly tweeted.
What expertise this nation produces .. shubman gill .. wow .. two gorgeous knocks in two halves .. IPL.. .. what requirements within the event @bcci
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) May 21, 2023
After the primary encounter of the season between the 2 sides in Bengaluru, each Ganguly and Kohli appeared to have ignored one another through the hand-shake ritual. A video had went viral the place DC head coach Ricky Ponting could possibly be seen asking Kohli to shake fingers with Ganguly however the former Indian captains nonetheless selected to present handshake a cross.
However, after the return fixture between the 2 sides, Ganguly ensured he met Kohli warmly and the RCB legend too confirmed large coronary heart to shake fingers with the Ex-BCCI president. Ganguly even patted Kohli on his shoulder.
Kohli overtook his former RCB teammate and West Indies batter Chris Gayle for many centuries within the IPL and have become the third batter to attain consecutive tons of within the IPL after Shikhar Dhawan (2020) and Jos Buttler (2022). Later on Sunday night time, Shubman Gill too joined that membership.
“Spin wasn’t easy to get away and I think the strength of a lot of our fast bowlers is also taking pace off. There’s enough in this pitch for our bowlers to make a dent through the (chase), and hitting big shots as you saw in the middle overs wasn’t as easy when the field spread out. So you have to hit a lot of gaps and run twos. If we can cut down those boundaries and now allow them to run twos from those gaps, then it’ll be a very difficult chase,” Kohli mentioned through the innings break.
