Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Virat Kohli got here up with a cryptic submit on his Instagram story a day after his ugly struggle with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) mentor Gautam Gambhir after an IPL 2023 match on the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Monday. Both Kohli and Gambhir had been docked 100 per cent of their match charges by the IPL within the aftermath of that struggle whereas LSG bowler Naveen-ul-haq, who was additionally embroiled in it, was fined 50 per cent of his match charges.
Kohli posted a quote from former Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius on Tuesday morning after RCB’s 18-run win over LSG on Monday evening. “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth,” Kohli posted.
Immediately after the top of the match, Kohli was seen taking a dig at Gambhir in a dressing room video shared by the RCB staff on social media. “If you can give it, you got to take it. Otherwise don’t give it,” Kohli is heard saying on the dressing room video.
Kohli went on so as to add that it was a extremely vital win for the RCB staff on the ‘road’. “It is a really important win on the road for us. The fact that we got more support than the home team was a really unbelievable feeling. It tells you all about how much we are liked as a team and how much the fans like us,” Kohli stated after the match within the RCB video.
LSG v RCB, Game Day Dressing Room Reactions
King Kohli reacts to the win, Faf explains the essential partnership and the way Virat’s aggression helps the staff, Karn and Hazlewood discuss their performances, earlier than the staff sang the victory tune. Watch Game Day for more_#PlayBold pic.twitter.com/Jr0kCzYoIa
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While the gamers had been shaking palms after the sport, there appeared to be phrases exchanged between LSG bowler Naveen-ul-Haq and Kohli. This was adopted by Gambhir pulling away his facet’s opening batter Kyle Mayers from a chat with Kohli.
All hell broke lose after that as Gambhir was seen approaching Kohli aggressively together with his gamers, together with the injured captain KL Rahul and Amit Mishra, restraining him. With the 2 going through off, Kohli was seen making an attempt to pacify Gambhir however slightly than cooling off, the matter began to boil over earlier than Amit Mishra stepped in and separated the duo.
Kohli and Gambhir have a historical past of exchanges on the cricket discipline through the IPL. Back in IPL 2013, Kohli and Gambhir had clashed on the sphere when the latter was Kolkata Knight Riders captain. Both cricketers had been fined 10 per cent of their match charges again then.
