Kohli vs Gambhir: Uproar in Lucknow-Bangalore match, Kohli clashed with Naveen-ul-Haq, and later argued with Gambhir

Posted on 2nd May 2023 by rohit kumar

In the 43rd match of IPL 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Lucknow Supergiants by 18 runs. During this match, the high-voltage drama was seen in the field. During and after the match, some players and staff of both teams were seen clashing with each other. During the match, Virat Kohli of RCB and Naveen-ul-Haq of Lucknow clashed first. Then after the match, he also had a heated argument with Lucknow's mentor Gautam Gambhir. Its video is becoming very viral on social media.

 

The case started in the 17th over of Lucknow's innings

The whole affair started in the 17th over of Lucknow's innings, when Virat came running from behind the stumps and gestured something to Naveen. On this, Naveen of Afghanistan also came close to him and an argument started between the two. During this debate, Virat also pointed towards his shoe and took out mud from it, as if talking about status. Dinesh Karthik of RCB takes away Naveen and umpire Kohli.

 

Kohli's argument with Amit Mishra and the umpire as well

Lucknow's Amit Mishra, who is at the non-striking end, tries to pacify Kohli, while Virat angrily confronts him as well. After this, when the umpire is explaining to Virat, then Virat is seen pointing toward Naveen and saying explain to him, tell him, not me. During the match, Virat had celebrated very angrily after the Lucknow players were dismissed, whose pictures and videos are also becoming very viral on social media.

 

Tu-tu-main-main in Kohli-Naveen during the handshake

After this, the debate between Kohli and Naveen continues in between. Naveen gets out and returns to the pavilion. When it was time for the two teams to shake hands after Bangalore's win, Gambhir was seen pulling away when Kohli tried to shake hands with Gambhir from Lucknow. After this Kohli walks forward and shakes hands with Naveen. Naveen also shakes hands with him. Kohli is seen saying something about this. As soon as Kohli speaks, Naveen also comes in awe and says something. Here too there is a debate between the two. However, Maxwell and Harshal Patel intervene and ask Naveen to move forward.

 

Gambhir and Kohli clash

The matter did not stop there. When Kohli is walking along the boundary, he starts talking to Kyle Meyers of Lucknow. Gambhir arrives in the meantime and takes Meyers away and refuses to talk to Kohli.

 

After this Gambhir says something on which Kohli calls him near and tries to have a conversation with him. During this, both Kohli and Gambhir come very close and there is an argument between the two. However, at this time Kohli appears more calm. Kohli and Gambhir are whisked away by other players and staff present there. Later in the video, it is seen that Kohli and Lucknow captain Rahul have a long conversation.

 

Kohli clashed with Gambhir in 2013 as well

However, what triggered this matter and what did the two say to each other? No disclosure has been made on this till now. Kohli and Gambhir's fight is not a new one. Both had clashed in IPL 2013 as well. Then the match was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Gambhir was then the captain of KKR. In this match, when Kohli was returning to the pavilion after getting out, there was an argument between the two. However, Kohli and Gambhir were shunned by the rest of the players and the matter did not progress further.

 

Avesh-Gambhir also celebrated aggressively

This season also saw a clash between the two teams when the Lucknow team went to play against Bangalore at Chinnaswamy in Bengaluru. Batting first in that match, Bangalore scored 212 runs in 20 overs. In reply, Lucknow achieved the target by losing nine wickets on the last ball. After the match, Avesh Khan was seen banging his helmet in celebration. He was also warned about this. At the same time, Gautam Gambhir and the rest of the staff were seen celebrating in a very aggressive manner. Looking at this, it seems that things are not going well between the two teams. Now it will be a matter to be seen what action the match referee takes on the incident involving Naveen and Kohli.

 

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