The IPL 2023 recreation between Lucknow Tremendous Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Lucknow on Monday can be remembered for a very long time for all of the mistaken causes. Tempers flared and Indian cricket greats Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli might be seen speaking in an animated method after the match ended. What prompted the offended response shouldn’t be totally clear, however many social media customers pointed that the historical past between the 2 IPL franchises a cause behind the aggressive response. Throughout their first leg match, which was a intently contested affair in Bengaluru, LSG gamers and mentor Gambhir might be seen giving aggressive reactions.

In Lucknow, within the return leg of their fixture on Monday, Kohli was fairly animated each time a LSG batter was getting dismissed. He even obtained right into a disagreement with LSG’s Afghanistan recruit Naveen-ul-Haq in  the seventeenth over. It isn’t clear from the visuals, who began the altercation and what was precisely stated. Match visuals confirmed that Amit Mishra, the opposite LSG batter on the crease and one of many umpires, separated Kohli from Naveen, at the same time as the previous RCB skipper saved pointing in direction of his shoe whereas saying one thing in direction of the Afghanistan participant.

Virat Kohli displaying his present mud to naveen pic.twitter.com/W4kXNmuio5

— (@suprVK) Could 2, 2023

Kohli all the time confirmed respect in direction of Afghans like Rashid Khan and Gurbaz who did the identical factor too. I can wager , that Naveen for certain would’ve stated one thing which made him do it that shoe gesture which he did final time in entrance of australian crowd. pic.twitter.com/tcYraAb23f

— Kohlified. (@123perthclassic) Could 2, 2023

Naveen ul haq have not carried out any mistake it was kohli who sledged, abused Naveen and even he confirmed shoe to him pic.twitter.com/QncFiHwmmm

— Viraj Anand (@Mohali_208) Could 1, 2023

Naveen ul haq educate us an essential lesson irrespective of who’s in opposition to you however self respect issues.
Kohli did proper with gambhir however displaying shoe mud to a participant would not make him nice and even when individuals assume virat did was angle after which rip angle

— Yash Jain (@proteasyash) Could 2, 2023

Whereas the gamers had been shaking palms after the match, LSG bowler Naveen-ul-Haq and Kohli had been seen exchanging phrases and RCB’s Glenn Mexwell separated them.

This was adopted by Gambhir pulling away Mayers from a chat with Kohli.

Simply after that, Gambhir was seen charging in direction of Kohli at the same time as LSG gamers, together with the injured captain KL Rahul, restraining him. However finally, Kohli and Gambhir had been concerned in a heated argument with gamers from each side surrounding them.

Gambhir appeared the extra animated of the 2 and was repeatedly held again from charging in direction of Kohli by the LSG gamers and assist employees. This was after the 2 had shaken palms.

Initially, Kohli was seen holding Gambhir’s shoulder, however because the heated alternate continued, veteran spinner Amit Mishra, RCB captain Faf du Plessis and LSG assistant coach Vijay Dahiya — additionally hailing from Delhi — stepped in to separate the duo.

After the altercation, Kohli was additionally seen chatting with LSG captain Rahul.

Kohli and Gambhir are former India team-mates and have performed collectively for the Delhi state workforce however they’ve had a historical past of face-offs.

With PTI inputs