The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) hosted the winless Delhi Capitals (DC) on Saturday (April 15) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. After posting 174 for 6, RCB held the David Warner-led Delhi franchise to 151 for 9 to win by 23 runs. players and support staff from both sides participated in the usual handshake. The former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, DC’s Director of Cricket, did not shake hands with Kohli after the IPL game. According to sources, Kohli has now unfollowed Ganguly on Instagram.
Kohli, who boasts 246 million followers on Instagram, is currently following 276 accounts on the social media platform, but Ganguly is not one of them. Following the RCB-DC match in Bengaluru, here’s how the two renowned cricketers refrained from shaking hands and avoided each other.
The rift between Kohli and Ganguly became apparent after Kohli relinquished his role as India’s T20I captain in late 2021. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selectors subsequently removed Kohli from the position of ODI captain. In early 2022, during India’s tour of South Africa, the superstar cricketer resigned as Test skipper, giving up captaincy altogether.
At the time, Ganguly was serving as the BCCI President, and many people believed that he did not want Kohli to continue as the Indian captain in any format following his resignation from T20Is. The contrasting statements made by the two cricketers after Kohli’s resignation as T20I captain further added to the tension and drama between them. The relationship between Kohli and Ganguly has been a topic of interest for cricket fans, and many are eagerly waiting to see how it evolves in the future.
