Ganguly Kohli handshake: Three weeks back, during the IPL 2023 tie at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the limelight over Royal Challengers Bangalore’s impressive win over Delhi Capitals was taken over by the two internet-breaking videos pertaining to former RCB captain Virat Kohli and DC’s director of cricketer Sourav Ganguly.
Kohli had thrown a death stare at Ganguly in the dugout during the match before the latter skipped the queue to avoid a handshake with the former. However, on Saturday, the two engaged in another internet-breaking act after the RCB-DC tie in Delhi which indicated that the two must have buried the hatchet.
Sourav Ganguly-Virat Kohli Heart-Warming Handshake Moment Goes VIRAL
Virat Kohli shook hands with Sourav Ganguly after the IPL 2023 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Arun Jaitely Stadium on Saturday (May 6). The fans were eager to see if the two legends of the game shake hands after the game or not. The moment finally happened when the players and officials of the two teams were shaking hands after the end of the game.
Ganguly applauded Kohli and gave him a pat on the shoulder after shaking hands with him. It is to be noted that the two legends didn’t shake hands the last time these two teams squared off in Bengaluru.
The rift between Kohli and Ganguly is secret to none. Back in 2021, Kohli was removed from ODI captaincy a month after stepping down from T20 leadership which sparked a war of words between him and the BCCI administration which was then headed by Ganguly.
Kohli had later gone to relinquish his position as Test skipper in January 2022. And while there were no reports on Kohli and Ganguly thereafter, the IPL 2023 act in Chinnaswamy surely indicated that all is still not well between the two. It was later clarified to the fans when both of them unfollowed each other on Instagram.
Phil Salt’s 87 helps DC take a convincing win at Kotla
Batting first, with twin half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Mahipal Lomror, Royal Challengers Bangalore put up a challenging total of 181 after 20 overs of play.
The run-chase went quite smoothly for the home-side as they chased down a 180+ score with 20 balls to spare, thanks to a brilliant knock from Phil Salt. The England international was adjudged as Man of the Match for his match-winning 45-ball 87 as Delhi Capitals have now 8 points from 10 matches, keeping themselves in contention for the play-offs.
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