Kohli vs Ganguly: RCB vs CSK – Virat Kohli vs Sourav Ganguly animosity refuses to die down anytime sooner. After virtually giving a death stare, and not shaking hands, Kohli has now unfollowed the former BCCI President on Instagram. The RCB vs DC clash witnessed Kohli talking to the rest of the DC players and support staff happily but not to Ganguly. Even the southpaw was in no mood to relent. With the two former India captains sharing a fair history in the past, Kohli and Ganguly were not ready to bury the hatchet and start their relationship on a fresh note. Follow IPL 2023 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
The way Virat Kohli were looking at Ganguly and happily talking to other players.👑🥵👀 pic.twitter.com/vfJwbHwNik
— 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙠 (@moonx18_) April 16, 2023
As per cricketcountry.com, Kohli followed 276 people on Instagram, which included Ganguly, but after the game against DC, Ganguly was nowhere to be found on Kohli’s list of followers on Social Media.
Kohli vs Ganguly: What exactly transpired between the duo
It all started before the T20 World Cup 2021 when Kohli announced that he wants to relinquish his T20 captaincy and wants to continue as captain in ODI and Test. At that time, then BCCI President Ganguly and members asked him to reconsider his decision, but Kohli had already made up his mind. Later, before the ODI series against South Africa in 2021-22, Kohli was sacked as ODI captain. The right-hand batter assumed it was Ganguly behind the decision.
Just think what Ganguly have done to this man if he is staring like this 🤣 pic.twitter.com/zkBaBDFkgX
— ‘ (@ashMSDIAN7) April 15, 2023
Before leaving for South Africa, Kohli created a storm at a press conference by saying, nobody informed him to reconsider his decision as captain in the T20 format, and that he was informed only 90 minutes before that he would no longer remain the ODI captain. After completing the Test series in South Africa, Kohli also relinquished captain in the longer format of the game, indicating that it was Ganguly who did not want him as captain in any of the formats of the game.
“There was no prior communication with me at all since I announced the T20 captaincy decision until the 8th of December. I was told that the selectors had decided that I won’t be ODI captain to which I replied, ‘Okay, fine’. There was no prior communication. That is what happened.”
While nothing has been confirmed on what went wrong between Kohli and Ganguly, one thing is clear both do not get along well with each other. Speaking about Kohli’s form in IPL, he has already smashed three fifties in four games that RCB has played. RCB will next on CSK on April 17 at Chinnaswamy Stadium.
