‘Once a game is finished, shake hands and tip your head off. ‘ Says Anil Kumble on the Kohli-Gambhir Clash. “I don’t know what said; some things may have been personal, which you don’t want on the cricket field,” Kumble remarked.
Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs in a low-scoring IPL 2023 match on May 1 at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
Batting first, RCB score 126/9 in 20 overs in a game that was temporarily interrupt by rain. Skipper Faf du Plessis scoring 44 and opening partner Virat Kohli contributing 31. In nine overs, the partnership scored 62 runs.
After the innings break, RCB’s bowlers hit the ground running, dismissing LSG for 108 in 19.5 overs on a sluggish pitch that made life difficult for batsmen. The fact that LSG skipper KL Rahul was injure while fielding and only came on to bat after nine wickets had fallen. His team requiring 24 off eight balls, did not help matters. The finest RCB bowlers were spinner Karn Sharma and pacer Josh Hazlewood, who took 2/20 and 2/15, respectively.
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Heated exchanges between Kohli and former India opener Gautam Gambhir.
Who is now the LSG squad’s coach, were witness following the game. Which JioCinema IPL expert Anil Kumble not impresse with.
“A lot of emotion goes into it, but you don’t want to show it here.” This is critical; you must have a discussion. However, this is an unacceptable situation. You must always respect the opposition and the game. When a game is over, you must shake hands and tip your hat to the game, not the player, because that is something you must respect… I’m not sure what said; some of it could have been personal, which you don’t want on the cricket pitch. But it wasn’t the nicest thing to see with Gautam and Virat and the other players involved,” he said.
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