NB Explains | After fiery celebration, LSG mentor Gautam Gambhir shares a hug with Virat Kohli; Here's why it is special

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) mentor Gautam Gambhir shared a warm hug with senior Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman Virat Kohli after a tense IPL 2023 encounter here at Chinnaswamy stadium on Monday night.

 

In a thrilling game that went all the way down to the wire, LSG scripted a one-wicket win off the last ball. Bangalore batted first in the game and put up 212/2 as Kohli (61 off 44), skipper Faf du Plessis, (79* off 46) and Glenn Maxwell (59 off 29) struck half-centuries.

 

In reply, Nicholas Pooran (62 off 19) and Marcus Stoinis (65 off 30) played exceptional knocks to lift Lucknow to a memorable win.

 

Following the triumph, the LSG dugout burst into a jubilant celebration and in fact, Gambhir was the most ecstatic. The LSG mentor jumped off his seat and was seen hurling a mouthful. He then made his way into the field and hushed the Bangalore crowd, signaling them to ‘be silent’. However, when he came across the former RCB skipper Virat Kohli, they did an intense handshake but Gambhir continued to be pumped up.

After the celebrations, Gambhir and Kohli hugged each other and the picture has also gone viral on social media.

 

 

It was on April 11, 2013, that the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore - Virat Kohli - and the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders KKR) - Gautam Gambhir - had a verbal spat during an IPL match. Since then, Gambhir on many occasion had criticised Kohli for his performances.