Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli are anticipated to play together next in the series ODI Indian Sri Lanka in Colombo next year next month.
Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli are expected to reunited in the next ODI series, which will India’s Sri Lanka in Colombo next year next month. The series that would take place between August 3 and 7 shall have the two legendary cricketers indulging in partnership on the field, though their off the field rivalry is well known.
Gambhir is a new head coach of the Indian men’s team and not on good terms with Kohli at all. This history had raise brow when Gambhir assumed the coaching responsibility. However, in a bid to promote a healthy working relationship Kohli has said that he will not let the bitter past affect him and that he is willing to work with BCCI.
The first glimpse of this change in dynamics was seen when Kohli agreed for the ODI series against Sri Lanka. In addition to Kohli, other classified seniors like Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah had started requesting for longer breaks after the T20 World Cup triumph. However, at the insistence of Gambhir, Kohli and Sharma consented to play in the series with the exclusion of Bumrah still due to the issue of workload.
A news report on Cricbuzz emphasized that Kohli explained, in talk pertaining to Barbados after the T20 world cup series against South Africa, that he was ready to bury the hatchet and move past all controversies with Gambhir.
I met Kohli and wished him before the Indian team left for Pallekele to play three T20Is starting from July 27, Gambhir said in a statement. As for the subject, he was rather pragmatic stressing on the fact that both of them are aiming to strive for the Indian team and achieve victories along with the trophies.
Before the Indian team were to leave for Pallekele, where the side will compete in three T20Is beginning July 27, Gambhir spoke of this unusual friendship with Kohli. Downplaying the matter further, he said the common objective was to toil for the Indian side and bring home laurels.
Making a statement about his relationship with Virat Kohli, Gambhir said, “Good for the TRP but my relation is not public, what kind of relation I share with Virat Kohli. .. I think it is between two mature persons On the field, anyone has the right to fight for his team and come back to the dressing room and have a tea but at the moment we are representing 140 Crore Indians and I am sure
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He said further, “I’ve had so many conversations with him. .. yes we have been exchanging messages after my appointment which as I told you both of us are going to be working very hard to make India proud. And that’s our job. It is irrelevant as to what I said, how many times was I able to speak to him, be it after the announcement, before the announcement or during a game, after games. Sometimes it seems that because people want loud headlines, it matters. “
There is no doubt of the rivalry between the two teams and one of the fiercest clashes that were held in May in the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. The two players at one time exchanged some tirades during an IPL face off, and this had to be restrained by other players. Though, later in the same year they bury the hatchet and Gambhir hugs Kohli during an IPL match and even laugh together.
Kohli later said this at a PUMA event and made a sarcastic remark to trolls, who did not like this sort of reconciliation. Kohli said in response: “People are very disappointed in my behaviour Now I’m hugging Naveen and then, the other day, Gauti bhai [Gautam Gambhir] came and hugged me Your masala is over popular, so you’re booing We’re not kids anymore.
Report By: Sonali Sarkar