Thriller match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants ended with Faf du Plessis’ men securing an 18-run victory in the Indian Premier League IPL 2023 match on Sunday. However, instead of RCB’s bowling heroics in the match, what became the central talking point was the clash between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir.
The two cricketing stalwarts had a heated exchange after the match over certain incidents that took place during the final phase of the match. However, the foundation of the clash seemed to have been laid a few overs earlier. It was a clash between LSG’s Naveen-ul-Haq and Kohli that potentially turned out to be the trigger point of the storm.
The incident is said to have taken place during the break between the 16th and 17th over, when Kohli had an altercation with Naveen. The clash even prompted LSG’s Amit Mishra to try and mediate between the two but ended up having an argument with Kohli, his former India teammate, instead. However, Kohli seemed to have told Mishra to try and put some sense in Naveen’s mind instead of his.
While the exact reason for the fight is not known, it is speculated that Kohli was upset by the fact that Gautam Gambhir took Kye Mayers away from Kohli when he was talking with Virat. Notably, RCB players were already upset with Gautam Gambhir after his animated reactions in the previous meet between these two teams where LSG defeated RCB.
BCCI took strict action against Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir and Naveen-ul-Haq for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore match at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Monday. Kohli, Gambhir were fined 100% of their match fees after they were found guilty of a Level 2 offence while Naveen-ul-Haq lost 50% of his match fees for his Level 1 offence.
Gambhir, Kohli and Naveen admitted to their respective offences and accepted the sanctions. “Lucknow Super Giants’ Mentor Gautam Gambhir has been fined 100 per cent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Gambhir admitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 2.21 of the IPL Code of Conduct.
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“Royal Challengers Bangalore batter Virat Kohli has been fined 100 per cent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against Lucknow Super Giants. Kohli admitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 2.21 of the IPL Code of Conduct,” IPL said in a release late on Monday night.
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