Twitterati have reacted hilariously after India TV founder Rajat Sharma openly backed Virat Kohli in his fight with Gautam Gambhir after the IPL match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Reacting to the ugly scenes in Lucknow, Sharma had accused Gambhir of being jealous of Kohli’s global fame.
Appearing on his TV channel, Sharma had said, “Gautam Gambhir’s arrogance reached a new height after he fought elections and became an MP. How much he’s perturbed by Virat’s popularity was clearly visible in the ground yesterday.”
Backing Kohli, Sharma said that the former India skipper was an aggressive player, who did not tolerate any ‘nonsense.’
“That’s why he (Kohli) replied to Gautam Gambhir in equal measure. All in all, what Gautam Gambhir did was against sportsman spirit. It doesnt a former player or a member of parliament. Such incidents harm cricket and this shouldn’t have happened,” Sharma continued.
भाजपा के दो प्रवक्ता आपस में लड़ रहे हैं। pic.twitter.com/OrJLquxWYc
— Parmindar Ambar (@ParmindarAmbar) May 3, 2023
Gaambhir, a former India opener, took to Twitter to launch a veiled dig at Sharma without naming the India TV founder. “Man who ran away from Delhi Cricket citing “pressure” seems over eager to sell paid PR as concern for cricket! यही कलयुग़ है जहां ‘भगोड़े’ अपनी ‘अदालत’ चलाते हैं।,” Gambhir tweeted.
No sooner did Gambhir tweet, netizens began to post hilarious comments stating that this was an internal matter of the BJP. This was in reference to Sharma’s closeness with the BJP and Gambhir’s status as a BJP MP.
Power of #ViratKohli
Even BJP supporter TV channels are slamming Gautam Gambhir and supporting Virat Kohli.
Rajat Sharma calls Gambhir arrogant on live TV. pic.twitter.com/qCpkSqBvgW
— Roshan Rai (@RoshanKrRaii) May 3, 2023
Rajat Sharma 🗣️”Gautam Gambhir is jelous of Virat Kohli’s achievements. He’s not able to digest the fact that Kohli is far better than him.”
Rajat ji owned Gambhir 😂🔥
Burnol moment for haters 🤡🤣#ViratKohli𓃵 #ViratGambhirFight #gautamgambhir #RajatSharma pic.twitter.com/wjnAibtRDB
— Atom (@one8_07) May 3, 2023
He is talking about Rajat Sharma , which means there is trouble in the cow shed. Khair hamein kya, BJP’s internal matter https://t.co/VqgvoEbu2X
— Sir Kazam {blu tik} (@SirKazamJeevi) May 3, 2023
Rajat Sharma is an experienced journalist but the kind of words he used for @GautamGambhir made him look like a puppet.
His words were vile, defamatory and baseless.
You must apologise, @RajatSharmaLive.
— Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket) May 3, 2023
Gautam Gambhir vs Rajat Sharma looks promising. I would say it’s 1-1 at half time so far.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) May 3, 2023
He is talking about Rajat Sharma , which means there is trouble in the cow shed. Khair hamein kya, BJP’s internal matter https://t.co/VqgvoEbu2X
— Sir Kazam {blu tik} (@SirKazamJeevi) May 3, 2023
The ugly scenes involving Kohli and Gambhir took place immediately after match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday. The RCB had defeated the LSG but an on-field scuffle between Kohli and Afghanistan Naveen ul Haq turned into a full-blown fight after the match. Both Kohli and Gambhir hail from Delhi and have reportedly not got along with each other for several years.
Had players and support staff not intervened, the outcome of the fight could have been serious. The BCC later fined both Kohli and Gambhir their 100% match fees.
