During the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 1, 2023 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli makes a gesture.
After an incident with his former national teammate Gautam Gambhir during one of this season’s matches, Indian cricket star Virat Kohli received a fine on Tuesday, the second time he has received one during this IPL season.
following the altercation with Gambhir on the field, the social media handle for Royal Challengers Bangalore tweeted a video that showed the former RCB captain celebrating in the dressing room following the incident.
“If you can give it, you gotta take it,” remarked a hyped up Kohli. “If you can give it, you gotta take it.”
The Indian Premier League stated that both players had their full match fees deducted, while Naveen-ul-Haq was also given a punishment equal to 50 percent of his match price for violating the league’s code of conduct.
On Monday, during a tense encounter between Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Lucknow Super Giants, it was noticed on the pitch that Kohli and Afghan spinner Naveen were having heated words with one another.
During the game, Kohli had to be reined in by Amit Mishra, one of the opposing team’s batsmen. Kohli is known for his aggressive style, which has gotten him into problems on several occasions. In the end, Bangalore triumphed by a score of 18 runs.
After that, Lucknow’s Kyle Mayers had to be taken away from an interaction with Kohli before other players attempted to dissuade a very angry Gambhir, Lucknow’s team mentor, from addressing him. However, they were unsuccessful in their efforts.
On Tuesday, Kohli made his debut on social media by posting a puzzling image to Instagram alongside a quote from the famous Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius: “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.” Marcus Aurelius once said, “Everything we see is a perspective; there is no such thing as the truth.”
Before Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis stepped in, Gambhir and Kohli engaged in a shouting match with each other. Gambhir and Kohli were teammates on the Indian team that won the World Cup in 2011.
During a match in the Indian Premier League in 2013, the two players, who had previously played together on the national team, were involved in a nasty on-field altercation. Since his retirement from cricket in 2018, the 41-year-old Gambhir has served as a member of parliament for the Hindu nationalist BJP party, which is India’s ruling party.
This was Kohli’s second offense of the season; he was already penalized 10% of his match money for his behavior during Bangalore’s loss to Chennai Super Kings a few weeks ago, for which he was given a warning.
Even though he is widely regarded as one of the most talented batsmen to have played the game in the modern era, “King Kohli” and Bangalore have never been able to win the Indian Premier League. At the conclusion of the 2021 season, he stepped down as captain of the RCB.
In 2021 and 2022, he suffered through a prolonged batting slump that ultimately cost him the Indian captaincy, which is widely regarded as one of the most high-pressure roles in all of sport. Kohli, who is 34 years old, has discussed the challenges he had with his mental health during his dry spell, including how he had been “snappy” to his wife, Anushka Sharma, who is an actress in Bollywood.
He has had several altercations with opposition players, and he was once punished for striking a plastic chair with a bat after being dismissed from an IPL match. These incidents have occurred on multiple occasions.