The IPL feud between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir is not coming to an end. Both met for the second time on Monday, and the ensuing scandal has sparked outrage on social media. The fans are split into two groups. Some supporters support Virat, while others oppose his actions. Virat's on-field troubles, on the other hand, are nothing new. When he enters the field, he is known for his aggression. However, this aggression frequently manifested itself in the form of controversies. Let us discuss various Kohli-related controversies.
10. Virat Kohli confronts Mitchell Johnson
India's tour of Australia in 2014 was much talked about. At that time Kohli was being considered as the replacement of Sachin Tendulkar. Fans wanted Kohli to make up for Sachin's absence. Earlier, his England tour had been very bad. However, Kohli made a spectacular comeback against Australia and scored four centuries. However, his aggression in the third test of the series made a lot of headlines. Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson hit Kohli with a throw on his bowling. Kohli was not happy with this. After this both came face to face several times and words were exchanged. Kohli played a brilliant inning of 169 runs in this match. In the end, it was Johnson who sent Kohli to the pavilion.
9. Kohli's fight with Tim Paine
The fight between Kohli and Tim Paine was also heavily highlighted during India's 2018-19 tour of Australia. Throughout the Test series, Kohli and Paine clashed several times. Kohli, according to Paine, had incorrectly signaled his teammates to leave the field after they were disqualified during matches. As a result, he sought to demonstrate that his guys are not weak. This was the reason Penn, as captain, was responding to Kohli. In this four-match Test series, India defeated Australia 2-1. India defeated Australia in a Test series at home for the first time.
8. Fan asked to leave the country
This episode involving Kohli received a lot of attention. Actually, one fan stated that Virat Kohli is an overrated batsman. He would rather see Australian and English players bat than Indian guys. This fan thing did not sit well with Virat. In response, Kohli stated that either the fan should leave the nation or rethink his priorities. Kohli had stated, "Well, I don't think you should live in India; I think you should go somewhere else." Why do you live in our country while admiring other countries? I don't mind if you dislike me, but I don't believe you should live in our country and enjoy other things. Set your priorities correctly.
7. Gavaskar's comment on Kohli and Anushka
Sunil Gavaskar, India's legendary batsman, was caught in controversy during the IPL 2020 owing to one of his comments. During the Corona shutdown, Kohli and Anushka were seen enjoying cricket in their home. Kohli was batting at the time, while Anushka was tossing the ball. IPL 2020 began a few days later. Kohli was removed for one run against the Punjab Kings during the league. Gavaskar was doing commentary at the time, so he made a sarcastic quip about Anushka-Kohli referencing the lockdown event. This statement sparked outrage on social media, and Gavaskar clarified multiple times that it had been misconstrued. However, there was no further communication between Kohli and Gavaskar for many days, and even today.
the rift between the two can be seen. The statement of Kohli's wife Anushka definitely came to the fore on this matter and she had said – many years have passed and even today Kohli is dragged into the middle on his batting performance or poor performance.
6. Kohli's dispute with Anil Kumble
Nobody is unaware of Virat Kohli's feud with Anil Kumble. In 2017, Kumble was the head coach of Team India, and Kohli was the captain. Kohli is alleged to have thereafter sent many e-mails to the BCCI expressing his displeasure with Kumble. Kumble resigned as head coach shortly after. He had stated that his friendship with Kohli is unremarkable. Some people have issues with my coaching style and my role as a coach. Later, it was reported that Kohli wanted Ravi Shastri to be the Indian cricket team's head coach.
5. Kohli clashed with Gambhir in IPL
Kohli and Gambhir's fight is not a new one. Both had clashed in IPL 2013 as well. Then the match was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Gambhir was then the captain of KKR. In this match, when Kohli was returning to the pavilion after getting out, there was an argument between the two. However, Kohli and Gambhir were shunned by the rest of the players and the matter did not progress further. Now in IPL 2023, Kohli and Gambhir clash again.
4. Kohli clashed with Suryakumar in IPL
In the IPL, Kohli has clashed not only with Gambhir but also with Suryakumar Yadav. Kohli, who was the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2020, clashed with Suryakumar Yadav of Mumbai Indians who was batting during fielding. Suryakumar later revealed that Virat Kohli was at the top level of sledging in that match. In that match, after sledging Virat Kohli, Suryakumar stared at him. This reaction of Surya became the subject of much discussion. People criticized Kohli's reaction. Despite sledging in that match, Suryakumar won Mumbai. Now Suryakumar is the number one batsman of Team India in T20.
3. Kohli confronts BCCI President Ganguly
After removing Kohli from the ODI and T20 captaincy in 2021, Sourav Ganguly, who was then the president of the BCCI, said in a conversation with a media house that Kohli was talked to before taking over the ODI captaincy and after his consent That was the decision. Ganguly had said that the BCCI had asked Virat not to relinquish the T20 captaincy, but Virat did not agree and resigned. At the same time, the selectors did not like the decision to have two different captains in limited overs cricket. After this he along with Chetan Sharma spoke to Virat and explained the whole vision to him. Only after this Rohit was made the captain of both ODI-T20.
Kohli told Ganguly's statement wrong
After this, Virat had termed Ganguly's words wrong in the press conference and said that he was told by the BCCI officials 90 minutes ago that now Rohit will be the captain of the ODI team in his place. Earlier, the BCCI had not held any talks with him. Kohli said- When I left the captaincy of T20, I first went to the BCCI. He was informed about his decision. I put forward my thoughts and concerns. The board accepted it and understood my difficulties. Not even once did he ask me to reconsider my decision.
Even in this IPL both did not shake hands
This season's match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals also saw a dispute between the two. Ganguly is the director of Delhi Capitals. At one point during the match, Kohli was fielding on the boundary line. Although Kohli stared at Ganguly while fielding, Ganguly did not look at Virat at all. Not only this, when the players and staff of both the teams shake hands after the match, even then Kohli went ahead of Ganguly, but both did not shake hands.
2. Misbehavior with journalist
Virat Kohli misbehaved with a journalist during the 2015 ODI World Cup. Kohli then felt that the journalist had written a wrong article about him and his girlfriend and current wife Anushka Sharma. However, he later realized that he had misbehaved with the wrong journalist. Later he came to know that the journalist had not written that article. Later, Kohli also apologized to the journalist.
1. Kohli clashed with Naveen-ul-Haq in IPL
This whole matter is about the Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore match of this season of IPL. Batting first, Bangalore scored 126 runs. The whole affair started in the 17th over of Lucknow's innings during the run chase, when Virat came running from behind the stumps and gestured to Lucknow's Naveen-ul-Haq. On this, Naveen of Afghanistan also came close to him and an argument started between the two. During this debate, Virat also pointed towards his shoe and took out mud from it, as if talking about status. When the rest of the players tried to intervene, Kohli and Amit Mishra also got into an argument.
Kohli said something to Naveen when the players of both the teams were shaking hands after Bangalore's win. As soon as Kohli spoke, Naveen was also seen speaking something in awe. Here too there is a debate between the two. After this, when Kohli is walking along the boundary, he starts talking to Kyle Meyers of Lucknow. Then Gambhir comes and takes Meyers away from Virat and refuses to talk to him. After this Gambhir says something on which Kohli calls him near and both come very close. There is an argument between the two
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