Royal Challengers Bangalore made a brilliant comeback in the second half of the game as they restricted Lucknow Super Giants to chasing down a total of 126 runs and won the game by 18 runs. After posting a low score of 126 runs at the scoreboard, the RCB bowlers started dominating LSG from the word go.
As the RCB bowlers dominated the LSG top order, Kohli celebrated animatedly, blowing kisses to his wife, Anushka Sharma, who was present to celebrate her 35th birthday.
Virat Kohli Took A Revenge On Gautam Gambhir
Kohli’s team had a perfect start to the innings as they picked up early wickets with Mohammed Siraj dismissing a batter on the 1st delivery of the 2nd innings. When Krunal Pandya mistimed a shot, Kohli caught the ball and blew a kiss to his wife.
A few deliveries later, Virat again took a catch and this time, he came up with an epic celebration. Kohli celebrated the knock by gesturing toward the crowd present at the stadium.
Nothing just peak Virat Kohli showing levels to gautam gambhir in his own stadium.https://t.co/IrALeoUdPD
— Shaurya (@Kohli_Dewotee) May 1, 2023
As the videos and images of the incident went viral, fans came up with epic reactions. There were many who felt that Kohli’s gesture was a dig at the former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir.
““I won’t shut you guys like he (gambhir) did in chinnaswamy, I love the crowd ” this is actually what Virat Kohli means here” a fan wrote:
"I won't shut you guys like he (gambhir) did in chinnaswamy, I love the crowd " this is actually what Virat Kohli means here! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Nsc0pOKp4h
— × (@Sobuujj) May 1, 2023
For the unversed, during the same match against Lucknow, Gautam Gambhir, a former India international, was seen celebrating aggressively throughout the game. He was pumping up his teammates and even silenced the Bengaluru crowd by putting his finger on his lips after the match. Videos and images of his gesture went viral on the internet and didn’t go down well with the fans.
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