Virat Kohli Fight with Gautam Gambhir: On the TV screen several times in the last few months, Team India’s Chief Coaches Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli have been seen laughing and hugging. Would you believe that if you want to find an example of no love between two players in the IPL, then both of these names will be on the top.
The series started in the 2013 season and continued till 2023. During the match in 2013, there was such a sharp noise between the two that anything could have happened if they did not separate them. Everything saw the world live, the IPL was infamous and the broadcaster did not say no ‘cut’ in the affair of its TRP. Let’s go straight to this story:
Which match was: Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 11 April 2013 between Kolkata Knight Riders and RCB
Kolkata Knight Riders 154-8 in 20 overs (captain Gambhir 59 off 46 balls)
RCB 158-2 in 17.3 overs (Chris Gayle 85 off 50 balls, captain Virat Kohli 35)
RCB wins by 8 wickets
Player of the Match Chris Gayle
What happened: Even before this match, Kohli and Gambhir (7 years older) had a big discussion- both of them, Kohli from Delhi, came to the Delhi team and Gambhir was already an international cricketer. A few years later, both were together in Team India. In 2009, Kohli made his first ODI 100 and had a partnership winning 224 runs with Gambhir. The serious player of the match was but the funny thing is that he gave him his award to encourage young Kohli. Can two such players fight among themselves that their quarrel becomes an example?
When Kohli was out in that match of April 11, it was a big wicket for KKR. Disappointed Kohli was returning to the pavilion and someone commented some. Kohli went towards the extra short cover instead of returning to the pavilion angry. Gambhir pointed him to the pavilion and the bus Kohli got more angry. There was a clash between the two which deteriorated. Some reports have written that both of them also pushed each other. Then other players had to drag them and remove them from each other. Especially another Delhi cricketer Rajat Bhatia (KKR) did this work. When Virat Kohli played a Ranji Trophy match in Kotla after years, he had specially made a commentator as a commentator and he said that he all remembers him more than his cricket as a cricketer to stop Gambhir and Kohli’s quarrels.
What happened after this: From that day on, it was decided that there is a ruckus between these two and coincidentally nothing good was seen. Although both of them said without delay that this story did not give much air, which happened was very angry and there was no bitterness among themselves, but media reports stamped the ‘relationship between the two’. Later, Gambhir still played in the Test team when Kohli was the captain. In fact, both of them want to win at any cost. No one gave the truth to the truth nor discussed that Kohli had gone to the Taj Gardenia Hotel and had dinner there. Both praise each other- Kohli for Gambhir calls ‘Chiks’ and Kohli calls them ‘Bhaiya’.
The effect of this story: Even in 2023, Gambhir said on the controversy that he had no personal differences with Kohli. Even then, Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli’s name and other quarrels/controversies continued to accept their mutual conflict as well. IPL 2023 became a story and slander but it is a different story. He even had a mutual quarrel in the 2016 Kolkata Knight Riders- Royal Challengers Bangalore match. Gambhir then angrily threw the ball at the non-strayer end, where Kohli was standing after completing the run. Even then there was a debate between Gambhir, Kohli and the match official.
Who got punishment: When there was such a quarrel, the punishment was to be found. Both were fined 10 percent of the match fees.
