IPL 2023 Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir Spat Explained

Are you also curious about the Conversation between Kohli and Gambhir that created the scene on 1st May? An eyewitness, who was from one of the teams, gave some statements regarding this fight.

According to the witness, there were three different but related incidents that happened on the same day between Virat Kohli, Naveen ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, and Gautam Gambhir. Both Kohli and Gambhir have to dock their full match fee, whereas Naveen got a fine of 50% from his. It was such a major event that even shocked Legends like Sunil Gavaskar, and he somewhere hinted at suspending the cricketers, so this can't be repeated in future.

Kohli was made throughout the match to some issue with Naveen-ul-Haq in the 17th over. However, the on-field umpire and Amit Mishra were both trying to calm the situation, but Virat was mad at the Afghanistan player. Moreover, to provoke Kohli more, Naveen was also Staring at him. 

When the team came up on the field to shake hands, Naveen was still trying to annoy Kohli. He grabbed Kohli's hand and pushed Kohli away. This next continued with a major verbal fight. Thereafter Kyle Mayers, an opener from the Lucknow team, came forward and tried to relax Kohli with his world. But then Gautam Gambhir, the mentor of the Lucknow Team, came and took Mayer with him. This made Kohli furious.

In the Next Moment, we can see that both Gambhir and Kohli are going in different directions, but suddenly things are not the same. Gambhir runs towards Kohli very aggressively. He pushed away everyone who was trying to stop him. Thereon, Kohli also turned back and decided to head towards Gambhir. Witnesses see Kohli putting his hand on Gambhir's shoulder to have a conversation with him. However, Amit Mishra separated these two when he saw that the matter was escalating.

An Eye Witness stated, "You saw on TV that Mayers and Virat were walking side by side for a few meters post-match. Mayers asked Kohli why he was constantly abusing them, and Virat, in turn, questioned why he was (Mayers) 'staring' at him. Before that, Mishra (Amit) had complained to the umpire about Virat constantly abusing Naveen (ul-Haq), who is a No. 10 batter."

After that, he said, "Gautam, sensing that things could turn ugly, pulled Mayers and told him not to have a conversation when Virat made a comment. The heated exchange that followed seemed a bit juvenile." Then he said, "Gautam asked 'Kya bol raha hain bol' (What are you saying?), and Virat replied, 'Maine aapko kuch bola hi Nahin, aap kyon thus rahein ho' (I was not talking to you, why are you coming in between).

Then Gautam responded as, 'Tuney agar mere player ko bola hai, matlab tune meri family ko gaali diya hai. (You abused my player; that means you abused my family) to which Virat replied, 'Toh aap apne family ko sambhal ke rakhi. (Then take care of your family).

"Lastly, Gambhir said, 'Toh ab tu mujhe sikhayega...' (So now I have to learn it from you...)."
The eyewitness said that it was a very tense situation on the field. No one was expecting such kiddish behaviour from these legends. However, it was like a deja-vu situation for people who witnessed this duo's argument in 2013 during the KKR and RCB match.
Are you also curious about the Conversation between Kohli and Gambhir that created the scene on 1st May? An eyewitness, who was from one of the teams, gave some statements regarding this fight.

According to the witness, there were three different but related incidents that happened on the same day between Virat Kohli, Naveen ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, and Gautam Gambhir. Both Kohli and Gambhir have to dock their full match fee, whereas Naveen got a fine of 50% from his. It was such a major event that even shocked Legends like Sunil Gavaskar, and he somewhere hinted at suspending the cricketers, so this can't be repeated in future.

Kohli was made throughout the match to some issue with Naveen-ul-Haq in the 17th over. However, the on-field umpire and Amit Mishra were both trying to calm the situation, but Virat was mad at the Afghanistan player. Moreover, to provoke Kohli more, Naveen was also Staring at him. 

When the team came up on the field to shake hands, Naveen was still trying to annoy Kohli. He grabbed Kohli's hand and pushed Kohli away. This next continued with a major verbal fight. Thereafter Kyle Mayers, an opener from the Lucknow team, came forward and tried to relax Kohli with his world. But then Gautam Gambhir, the mentor of the Lucknow Team, came and took Mayer with him. This made Kohli furious.

In the Next Moment, we can see that both Gambhir and Kohli are going in different directions, but suddenly things are not the same. Gambhir runs towards Kohli very aggressively. He pushed away everyone who was trying to stop him. Thereon, Kohli also turned back and decided to head towards Gambhir. Witnesses see Kohli putting his hand on Gambhir's shoulder to have a conversation with him. However, Amit Mishra separated these two when he saw that the matter was escalating.

An Eye Witness stated, "You saw on TV that Mayers and Virat were walking side by side for a few meters post-match. Mayers asked Kohli why he was constantly abusing them, and Virat, in turn, questioned why he was (Mayers) 'staring' at him. Before that, Mishra (Amit) had complained to the umpire about Virat constantly abusing Naveen (ul-Haq), who is a No. 10 batter."

After that, he said, "Gautam, sensing that things could turn ugly, pulled Mayers and told him not to have a conversation when Virat made a comment. The heated exchange that followed seemed a bit juvenile." Then he said, "Gautam asked 'Kya bol raha hain bol' (What are you saying?), and Virat replied, 'Maine aapko kuch bola hi Nahin, aap kyon thus rahein ho' (I was not talking to you, why are you coming in between).

Then Gautam responded as, 'Tuney agar mere player ko bola hai, matlab tune meri family ko gaali diya hai. (You abused my player; that means you abused my family) to which Virat replied, 'Toh aap apne family ko sambhal ke rakhi. (Then take care of your family).

"Lastly, Gambhir said, 'Toh ab tu mujhe sikhayega...' (So now I have to learn it from you...)."
The eyewitness said that it was a very tense situation on the field. No one was expecting such kiddish behaviour from these legends. However, it was like a deja-vu situation for people who witnessed this duo's argument in 2013 during the KKR and RCB match.