The 2011 World Cup-winning team members, Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir had an ugly interaction with each other. After the Lucknow Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore game, they fought over Kohli's verbal spat with Naveen-ul-Haq. Both Virat and Gautam were fined by the match referee. The former India skippers were slapped with a fine of 100 percent of the match fees.
Meanwhile, after a little more than a day, the alleged conversation between the two has been going viral. The conversation can be read below.
“Gautam asked ‘Kya bol raha hain bol’(What were you saying?) and Virat replied, ‘Maine aapko kuch bola hi naahin, aap kyon ghus rahein ho’ (Why are you coming in between when I haven’t told you anything).
“Gautam responded, ‘Tuney agar mere player ko bola hai, matlab tune meri family ko gaali diya hai. (You abused my player and that’s like abusing my family) and Virat’s reply was, ‘Toh aap apne family ko sambhal ke rakhiye’. (Then you take care of your family).
“Gambhir’s final reply before they were separated was, ‘Toh ab tu mujhe sikhayega…’ (So now I have to learn from you…).”
Notably, this conversation is not confirmed officially and is taken from sources.
“You saw on TV that Mayers and Virat were walking side by side for a few metres post match. Mayers asked Kohli why was he constantly abusing them and Virat, in turn, questioned why was he (Mayers) ‘staring’ at him? Before that (Amit) Mishra had complained to umpire about Virat constantly abusing Naveen (ul-Haq), who is a No. 10 batter,” the eyewitness said to news agency PTI.
Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir had a fight with each other for the first time in 2013
Meanwhile, 10 years back, when Gambhir played and led the KKR side, had a fight with Kohli. The latter led the RCB side for the first time in his career. During the RCB v KKR game, both players had a fight after Kohli got out. Since then, both are understood to have a rift among each other.
This is how Twitter reacted
if lsg players are like his family then even virat was his family when they played for indian team this gambhir guy is unreal
— ROMEO👑 (@iromeostark) May 2, 2023
Family🤡 seedha bol personal khunnas nikalni aati h tujhe bs gambhir.
— Kohlified. (@123perthclassic) May 2, 2023
Whole incident was cooked by Siraj and Naveen ul haq, climax was Gambhir and Kohli face off. They don't like each other from last 10 years and we could find it in matches between Old KKR and RCB and here Gautam is at fault as Kohli was still calling him "Aap" but GG kept poking.
— Shubman Gang (@ShubmanGang) May 2, 2023
Don't know why but feeling bad for Virat Kohli
— Sultan Khan (@MainHoonSultan7) May 2, 2023
Arrogance personified - Gautam Gambhir
— Nirmal Jyothi (@majornirmal) May 2, 2023
Typical West Delhi conversation for parking issue in main market !
— Sumit (@sumitsaurabh) May 2, 2023
Its over now, we should move on
— Dr Khushboo 🇮🇳 (@khushbookadri) May 2, 2023
A sab moah Maya hai
— N I K H I L (@nikhilkalavale) May 2, 2023
Gautam’s last reply has such a boomer energy to it, smh.
— Yuvraj Nanda (@YuvrajNanda) May 2, 2023
Wow pic.twitter.com/FfXGXFFb1X
— Sagar Khandelwal (@Khandelw13Sagar) May 2, 2023
WTH!
— Soumya (@notionhead) May 3, 2023
Maine socha tha kitne saare gaali diya hoga 🥲