Lucknow Super Giants mentor Gautam Gambhir, who has been in the eye of the storm since his on-field confrontation with Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli, posted a curious text on his Twitter profile.
On Wednesday, Gambhir posted a cryptic tweet saying, “Man who ran away from Delhi Cricket citing “pressure” seems over eager to sell paid PR as concern for cricket! यही कलयुग़ है जहां ‘भगोड़े’ अपनी ‘अदालत’ चलाते हैं।”
It was not clear who the tweet was meant for, however.
Meanwhile, after the LSG vs RCB clash on Monday, Kohli and Gambhir were seen exchanging words and had to be separated by the two sets of players, including RCB captain Faf du Plessis and his LSG counterpart KL Rahul.
The incident seemed to have originated following what appeared to be in-game sledging involving Kohli and Lucknow’s Naveen-ul-Haq when the latter came to bat during the chase. Following RCB’s win in an emotionally-charged contest, the two players had to be separated after a conversation during the handshakes took an ugly turn.
It wasn’t the first heated instance involving Kohli and Gambhir in the IPL either. They had clashed in 2013 during a RCB-KKR match, when Gambhir skippered the latter.
“It’s unbecoming for the game,” former India international Robin Uthappa would say on air. “I also want to say if a bowler came up with those kinds of celebrations that we saw earlier today, they would be docked or reprimanded for it.”
Former RCB captain Anil Kumble was disappointed with the behaviour on show. “Lot of emotion goes in (the game), but you don’t want to be displaying those emotions. Yes, you need to have a conversation but this is something that is unaccepted. No matter what, you have to respect the opposition. You have to respect the game.”
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