The spat between Royal Challengers Bangalore's Virat Kohli and Lucknow Supergiants mentor Gautam Gambhir in IPL 2023 has left everyone stunned. Both had clashed on the field after the match on Monday. After this the fans got divided into two groups. Some are telling Kohli right, some fans are favoring Gambhir. Meanwhile, Ravi Shastri, the former head coach of the Indian cricket team, has said that the two should end the dispute and he is ready to mediate it. Shastri said that he is also ready to make friendship between the two.
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During a TV show, the former India coach said – I think this controversy will cool down in a day or two. Then they (Kohli-Gambhir) would realize that it could have been handled much better. Both play for the same state (Delhi) and have played a lot of cricket. Gautam is a double World Cup winner, Virat is an icon. Both come from Delhi. I think the best thing would be to make them both sit down and put an end to this controversy once and for all.
Shastri said- Whoever tries to end this controversy, the sooner he does it the better, because you do not want it to grow further and come in front of the world. If this spat continues, the next time they meet again and words are exchanged, matters may escalate. One dispute leads to another dispute. The sooner this controversy ends, the better. If I have to mediate between the two stars, fine.
Kohli and Gambhir may have played together for India and for Delhi, but they have a history of disputes. Both had also clashed in IPL 2013. 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.
Where did the whole controversy start?
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. 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 the 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 on which Kohli calls him near and both come very close. There was an argument between the two. In the end, a long conversation was also seen between Kohli and Lokesh Rahul.
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