The dispute between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir in IPL is not taking the name of stopping. On Monday, both came face to face for the second time and this controversy has created panic on social media. The fans are divided into two sides. Some fans are in favor of Virat while some fans are opposing his act. However, Virat's on-field controversies are nothing new. He is known for his aggression whenever he enters the field. However, many times this aggression also took the form of controversies. Let us tell you about some controversies related to Kohli-
10. Virat Kohli confronts Mitchell Johnson
India's tour of Australia in 2014 was much talked about. At that time Kohli was being considered as the replacement of Sachin Tendulkar. Fans wanted Kohli to make up for Sachin's absence. Earlier, his England tour had been very bad. However, Kohli made a spectacular comeback against Australia and scored four centuries. However, his aggression in the third test of the series made a lot of headlines. Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson hit Kohli with a throw on his bowling. Kohli was not happy with this. After this, both came face to face several times, and words were exchanged. Kohli played a brilliant inning of 169 runs in this match. In the end, it was Johnson who sent Kohli to the pavilion.
9. Kohli's fight with Tim Paine
Kohli and Tim Paine's fight was also very much discussed during India's tour of Australia in 2018-19. Kohli and Paine clashed with each other several times throughout the Test series. Paine had said that Kohli had wrongly signaled his players to leave the field when they were dismissed during matches. So he wanted to show that his players are not weak. This was the reason why Penn, being the captain, was replying to Kohli. India defeated Australia 2–1 in this four-match Test series. For the first time, India defeated Australia in a Test series at its home.
8. Fan asked to leave the country
This incident related to Kohli made a lot of headlines. Actually, a fan had said that Virat Kohli is a very overrated batsman. He prefers to see Australian and English players batting rather than Indian players. Virat did not like this thing of the fan. Responding to this, Kohli said that either the fan should leave the country or he should set his priorities right. Kohli had said- Well, I don't think you should live in India, you should go and live somewhere else. Why are you living in our country and loving other countries? I don't mind if you don't like me, but I don't think you should live in our country and like other things. Get your priorities right.
7. Gavaskar's comment on Kohli and Anushka
During IPL 2020, India's great batsman Sunil Gavaskar was embroiled in controversies due to one of his comments. Actually, Kohli and Anushka were seen playing cricket in their house during the lockdown due to Corona. In that picture, Kohli was batting and Anushka was throwing the ball. A few days later, IPL 2020 started. During the league, Kohli was dismissed for one run against the Punjab Kings. Gavaskar was doing commentary at that time, so he jokingly made a statement on Anushka-Kohli citing the lockdown incident. Social media users raised controversy over this statement, while Gavaskar clarified several times that his statement was distorted. However, after this, there was no conversation between Kohli and Gavaskar for several days and even today the rift between the two can be seen. The statement of Kohli's wife Anushka definitely came to the fore on this matter and she said – many years have passed and even today Kohli is dragged into the middle of his batting performance or poor performance.
6. Kohli's dispute with Anil Kumble
Virat Kohli's dispute with Anil Kumble is not hidden from anyone. In 2017, Kumble was the head coach of Team India, while Kohli was the captain of Team India. It is said that Kohli then sent several e-mails to the BCCI that he was not happy with Kumble. Shortly after this, Kumble resigned as head coach. He had said that his relationship with Kohli is nothing special. Some people have problems with my coaching style and being a coach. Later it was said that Kohli wanted Ravi Shastri as the head coach of the Indian cricket team.
5. Kohli clashed with Gambhir in IPL
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. Now in IPL 2023, Kohli and Gambhir clash again.
4. Kohli clashed with Suryakumar in IPL
In the IPL, Kohli has clashed not only with Gambhir but also with Suryakumar Yadav. Kohli, who was the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2020, clashed with Suryakumar Yadav of Mumbai Indians who was batting during fielding. Suryakumar later revealed that Virat Kohli was at the top level of sledding in that match. In that match, after sledding Virat Kohli, Suryakumar stared at him. This reaction of Surya became the subject of much discussion. People criticized Kohli's reaction. Despite sledding in that match, Suryakumar won Mumbai. Now Suryakumar is the number one batsman of Team India in T20.
3. Kohli confronts BCCI President Ganguly
After removing Kohli from the ODI and T20 captaincy in 2021, Sourav Ganguly, who was then the president of the BCCI, said in a conversation with a media house that Kohli was talked to before taking over the ODI captaincy and after his consent, That was the decision. Ganguly had said that the BCCI had asked Virat not to relinquish the T20 captaincy, but Virat did not agree and resigned. At the same time, the selectors did not like the decision to have two different captains in limited-overs cricket. After this, he along with Chetan Sharma spoke to Virat and explained the whole vision to him. Only after this Rohit was made the captain of both ODI-T20.
Kohli told Ganguly's statement wrong
After this, Virat termed Ganguly's words wrong in the press conference and said that he was told by the BCCI officials 90 minutes ago that now Rohit will be the captain of the ODI team in his place. Earlier, the BCCI had not held any talks with him. Kohli said- When I left the captaincy of T20, I first went to the BCCI. He was informed about his decision. I put forward my thoughts and concerns. The board accepted it and understood my difficulties. Not even once did he ask me to reconsider my decision.
Even in this IPL, both did not shake hands
This season's match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals also saw a dispute between the two. Ganguly is the director of Delhi Capitals. At one point during the match, Kohli was fielding on the boundary line. Although Kohli stared at Ganguly while fielding, Ganguly did not look at Virat at all. Not only this, when the players and staff of both the teams shake hands after the match, even then Kohli went ahead of Ganguly, but both did not shake hands.
2. Misbehavior with journalist
Virat Kohli misbehaved with a journalist during the 2015 ODI World Cup. Kohli then felt that the journalist had written a wrong article about him and his girlfriend and current wife Anushka Sharma. However, he later realized that he had misbehaved with the wrong journalist. Later he came to know that the journalist had not written that article. Later, Kohli also apologized to the journalist.
1. Kohli clashed with Naveen-ul-Haq in IPL
This whole matter is about the Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore match of this season of IPL. Batting first, Bangalore scored 126 runs. The whole affair started in the 17th over of Lucknow's innings during the run chase, when Virat came running from behind the stumps and gestured to Lucknow's Naveen-ul-Haq. 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. When the rest of the players tried to intervene, Kohli and Amit Mishra also got into an argument.
Kohli said something to Naveen when the players of both teams were shaking hands after Bangalore's win. As soon as Kohli spoke, Naveen was also seen speaking something in awe. Here too there is a debate between the two. After this, when Kohli is walking along the boundary, he starts talking to Kyle Meyers of Lucknow. Then Gambhir comes and takes Meyers away from Virat and refuses to talk to him. After this, Gambhir says something which Kohli calls him near and both come very close. There is an argument between the two.