Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli buried the hatchet on Friday with an internet-breaking hug during the KKR- RCB match.The TATA IPL 2024 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru face-off between KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli.It was their 1st meeting since that having a very bad reputation night in Lucknow last year where they had an ugly spat over a match situation, leaving cricket world in quite a shock.However both on Friday 29 March 2024 with an internet-breaking hug during the KKR-RCB match.
At Ekana Stadium the footage of that incident when Kohli had a tiff with LSG bowler Naveen-ul-Haq during that IPL 2023 match last year,which led to the umpires intervening and Gambhir was the mentor for Lucknow Super Giants was shown repeatedly with experts having their say on it.The two later shared an intense handshake at the end of the game.Moments later Gambhir and Kohli were seen charging at each other as an ugly scene broke out at the venue before the players from the respective sides stepped up to separate the two.All three were charged severely by BCCI for breach of conduct.
Moreover, a video from the practice session of Kolkata Knight Rider in Bengaluru showed an Virat with an icy-cold stare at Gautam Gambhir.However during the timeout after 16th over,Gambhir and Kohli shared a warm hug with a short chat.Kohli was smiling for whole chat before the India legend walked back to the KKR dugout.Former India head coach Ravi Shastri erupted in the commentary box telling ” Good to see…..Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli”
As RCB bat first at home ground on Friday, RCB lost their skipper Fafdu Plessis early in the match by the KKR fast bowler Harshit Rana.After that Virat Kohli and Cameron Green made 65-run stand for the second wicket.En router to the second big partnership,Virat reached his half-century knock in 36 balls with three huge sixes and two boundaries.This was Virat kohli’s second half-century score in the TATA IPL 2024, having 77 off 49 against Panjab Kings a week ago at the same stadium.