Finally, Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir decided to bury the hatchet, or so it seemed. Respect oozed as Kohli and Gambhir put arms around each other’s shoulder during a strategic time-out, as Royal Challengers Bengaluru played a home IPL game against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday.
As Kohli and Gambhir, who now is KKR mentor, spoke for a brief while, broke into a smile and parted with a thumbs-up gesture. They have a history of on-field altercations and as recently as in 2023, when Gambhir was the Lucknow Super Giants mentor, he was involved in a round of verbal sparring with the RCB superstar.
Last year, after there was a verbal confrontation between Kohli and LSG pacer Naveen Ul Haq, Gambhir got involved and a quarrel broke out. Before that, in 2013, Kohli and Gambhir were involved in a heated on-field exchange that grabbed headlines.
Several times, Gambhir had criticised Kohli, especially when the latter was the RCB captain and his team not winning the IPL was termed as a failure by the former India opener. Kohli responded by chuckling at the suggestion that not winning the IPL was a matter of frustration for him.
This is a new season and the two men from Delhi seem to have decided to move on.
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