Old foes Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir fight again: Ugly on-field clashes of IPL
Tata IPL 2023 was marred on Monday night by an ugly clash between bitter foes Virat Kohli and Gautham Gambhir
The two legends, with a previous history of animosity, fought after the LSG vs RCB match at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow
Virat Kohli was first involved in a wordy duel with Naveen-ul-Haq of Afghanistan towards the end of LSG’s innings
The RCB star was accused of showing his shoe and hurling comments which riled up Naveen-ul-Haq
Amid frayed tempers, the on-field spat led to an angry run-in between Kohli and Gambhir reviving the horrors of a similar fight in 2013
In 2013, Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir, then captaining KKR, were locked in a nasty brawl at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru
Next in the list is the ‘slapgate’ saga of 2008 IPL. Harbhajan Singh of Mumbai Indians slapped Kings XI Punjab’s Sreeshanth after a match in Mohali
Equally epic was the clash between Kieron Pollard (MI) and Mitchell Starc (RCB) in 2014. Pollard threw his bat towards Starc after an on-field banter
In 2016, Ambati Rayudu and Harbhajan Singh, playing for Mumbai Indians, stormed towards each other in Pune. Bhajji averted the clash by wisely standing down
This incident in 2019 shows how even ‘Captain Cool’ M S Dhoni could blow his top. At a match in Jaipur, MSD fiercely argued with umpires over a decision
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