Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir have seemingly buried the hatchet as the two were seen hugging each other during the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders clash at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday, March 29. The two stars were part of a quarrel between RCB and Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023 and earlier too in 2013 in a game between RCB and KKR.
A video of their hug is going viral on social media. The warm gesture between the two took place during a strategic time-out in the first innings of the clash. Kohli was batting in the middle and Gambhir, who is now the mentor of KKR, came to the ground during the break and met the RCB icon in the middle.
Watch the video here:
Kohli and Gambhir have been part of disputes earlier. In the last season of the tournament, Kohli and Gambhir got involved in an argument during the RCB vs Lucknow Super Giants clash at Ekana Cricket Stadium. An ugly series of events took place in that game. It started with Kohli getting in an argument with Naveen and continued after the match. Kohli and Gambhir came face-to-face with each other after the game.
The two earlier had a face-off in the IPL 2013 too and had to be separated as they were exchanged some words and pushed each other in that game.
A picture of the hug between the two was also shared by Kohli's franchise RCB on its social media handles. This adds a tinge of friendly relations between the two old rivals. There was another incident in 2016, which saw Gambhir kicking off his chair in the dugout after KKR defeated RCB in a game in Bengaluru.
Before the clash against RCB in IPL 2024, Gambhir said that the one team he wants to beat everytime is RCB. "One team which I wanted to beat every time and probably in my dreams was RCB. Wanted to. Probably the second-most high-profile team and flamboyant team. The owner and the squad with Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. Not won anything, still thought they won everything. Can’t take that kind of an attitude," Gambhir said in a video released by Star Sports.
"The three best wins KKR has had were against RCB. The first game of the IPL, Brendon McCullum against the RCB. 49 all out, RCB. 6-overs 100, probably the only time in the IPL that in the first 6 overs, 100 was scored. We always knew that they were a very strong side and probably the most aggressive batting unit as well. One thing I would love to have is again go on the cricket field and beat RCB," he added in the same video.
