The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru conflict within the IPL 2024 on Friday has a separate sub plot. The Kolkata Knight Riders are being mentored by Gautam Gambhir whereas Virat Kohli is among the batting mainstays of RCB. The 2 share fairly a little bit of historical past. The final time the duo confronted one another on the IPL 2023, it made for one of many lasting pictures in Indian cricket. Final 12 months, Gambhir was related to Lucknow Tremendous Giants and after a match in opposition to RCB, had a heated on-field argument with Virat Kohli.

Each of them had been closely fined after that incident. That was not the primary on-field altercation between the 2. Now, with the duo once more coming nose to nose in a cricket match, KKR could not assist however put up two fascinating images. KKR posted the images, with the caption: “Cricket pictures that hit exhausting.” In one of many images, Kohli might be seen in direction of the course of  Gambhir.

Cricket pictures that hit exhausting pic.twitter.com/QYf5LanzYQ

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 29, 2024

Peeche Dekho Peeche pic.twitter.com/6M40rfbZQe

— (@Vk18xCr7) March 29, 2024

In a chat with Star Sports activities forward of the Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers match, India star pacer Varun Aaron mentioned that he’s eagerly wanting ahead to the match-up exterior the boundary rope, hinting on the Kohli vs Gambhir duel.

“I do not need to stir something however I am wanting ahead to the match-up exterior the boundary line. Gautam Gambhir goes to be there proper beside the Bengaluru dug-out, I do not know what is going on to occur there. We all know Virat likes to have hearth in his stomach and if he simply seems on the Kolkata dug-out, he’ll get fired up,” mentioned Aaron.

Gambhir and Kohli famously clashed throughout an RCB vs Lucknow Tremendous Giants match in IPL 2023. Kohli initially locked horns with LSG’s Naveen-ul-Haq earlier than Gambhir went into the bottom and had a verbal battle with the previous.

On the chaotic episode, Gambhir had mentioned final 12 months: “It’s not about Naveen-ul-Haq. I might have defended any participant, that’s my job, that’s how I’m. Why ought to I not defend my gamers simply because somebody has a broadcaster working for him, left proper and centre, somebody who has extra social media presence does not have any proper to stroll over somebody.”