Kyle Mayers Finally Opened Up On Banter With Virat Kohli During IPL: One of the most talked about incidents of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 was the ugly spat between Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli and Lucknow Super Giants members, particularly mentor Gautam Gambhir and pacer Naveen-ul-Haq. Things went completely off-bounds between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir during the game.
What exactly did go down between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir?
Kohli and Naveen came face-to-face with each other during the match and after the game as well. Former Indian cricketer Gautam intervened and had an ugly spat with Virat.
Throughout the game, Kohli could be seen being quite animated whenever an LSG batter was getting dismissed during the chase. After the game, when Kohli and Gambhir shook hands, things looked pretty normal. Then, LSG opener Kyle Mayers walked up to Kohli and started saying something to the RCB great.
And this is when Gambhir came and took Mayers away. A little while after the incident, visuals from the game showed Gambhir being quite animated and saying something to Virat.
The next thing we saw is that both of the cricketers came at a touching distance of each other and were almost about to trade blows before things calmed down partially after Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell and KL Rahul intervened.
Kyle Mayers Finally Opened Up On Banter With Kohli During IPL
Meanwhile, Kyle Mayers recently opened up on the banter that he had with Kohli during IPL 2023. Answering to Fan Code, Mayers said:
“You had a little bit of banter with Virat Kohli in the IPL, what do you think of his aggression in the game?”
He added:
“It’s great, sometimes you need to get at your opposition, to create any chance to get out of the game. Being aggressive is always good, it shows courage and the willingness to get your team over the line,”
Kyle Mayers on Kohli vs Rohit and aggression in the game. BTW, this is only on FanCode 😉#INDvWIAdFreeonFanCode #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/6Ziq45oXJp
— FanCode (@FanCode) August 5, 2023
Both Kohli and Gambhir were fined after the incident. In its release, the IPL said: “Lucknow Super Giants’ Mentor Gautam Gambhir has been fined 100 per cent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
“Gambhir admitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 2.21 of the IPL Code of Conduct. Royal Challengers Bangalore batter Virat Kohli has been fined 100 per cent of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against Lucknow Super Giants at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Kohli admitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 2.21 of the IPL Code of Conduct,” IPL said in a press release.
