Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli, the star Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter, had a pleasant reunion this yr after each met within the Indian Premier League following an unpleasant spat final yr. Gambhir and Kohli had a heated alternate throughout RCB's recreation in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants – Gambhir's earlier franchise the place he additionally served as a mentor – and since then, there was vital hypothesis forward of RCB's first match in opposition to the Knight Riders this yr.
Nevertheless, crushing all of the rumors over their camaraderie, Kohli and Gambhir shared a heartwarming hug in the course of the match and likewise had a light-hearted chat. As rcb met kkr once more final week, the duo had a prolonged chat forward of the sport, too, with the latter placing a video of the identical on their official social media platforms.
Kohli had a reasonably attention-grabbing response over the hug with Gambhir; in a public occasion, the RCB batsman sarcastically said that followers had been “disenchanted” that he was pleasant with Gambhir. “Persons are very disenchanted with my behaviour. I hugged Naveen, after which the opposite day, Gauti bhai [Gautam Gambhir came and hugged me. Your masala is over so you’re booing. We’re not kids anymore,” he said during an event organised by Asian Paints earlier this month.
As the rivalry finally seems to have come to an end, Gambhir also opened up on the hug and made a rather strongly-worded remark on the speculations over his relationship with Kohli. The KKR mentor stated that while he would continue to be “competitive,” his relationship with Kohli will remain private.
“It’s all about TRPs. Media has got no clue what kind of a person I am, or Virat is. All media wants to do is create TRPs and create that hype,” Gambhir told Sportskeeda.
“I still believe I’m very competitive and I’ll continue to be competitive whichever team I’m against. That’s my view of playing the game. It’s up to media on how they want to portray that. At the end of the day, it’s up to the two mature individuals on what they think about each other, and it is between the two of them.”
On Kohli’s ‘Masala’ remark
Gambhir also passed a chuckle on Kohli’s comment following the hug, insisting that he agrees with his former India teammate. The former KKR captain added that whatever happened between the two of them ended on the field and wasn’t dragged off it.
“Ultimately, he has the right to be competitive, and so do I. Many people talked about it unnecessarily, those who haven’t even touched a cricket bat. They just wanted to increase followers and get into the limelight. They haven’t played cricket or lived a cricketer’s life.
“The incident happened, it got over, whatever was there was during the match. What Virat said, I absolutely second that. People didn’t get the ‘masala’, and that’s all right. When two people are mature enough, I don’t think anyone has got any right to interfere in their relationships.”
