In IPL 2023, Ganguly and Kohli had a huge spat with one another.
After the recent IPL 2024 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (then Royal Challengers Bangalore) and Delhi Capitals at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, DC’s director of cricket Sourav Ganguly’s brilliant gesture of respect to Virat Kohli has won the hearts of many fans of both teams.
This comes a year after both the legends of the game were involved in a spat in IPL 2023. Kohli had thrown a death stare at Ganguly as he walked past the DC dugout. The former India opener skipped the queue to avoid a handshake with the RCB batter after the match ended.
However, in the reverse fixture in Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium later in the tournament, Kohli and Ganguly buried the hatchet with a post-match handshake.
The equation between the two cricketers remains the same after a year passed as Ganguly paid an ultimate respect to Kohli after RCB's emphatic win at home against DC.
After the match, support staff members of the two sides assembled for the post-match handshake ritual, Ganguly removed his cap before meeting Kohli and even congratulated him as the latter responded with a ‘Thank you' and a smile.
Here is the video:
The 47-run win against DC was RCB's fifth straight victory in the ongoing IPL 2024 tournament and this has kept the franchise alive in the race for the playoffs. RCB has moved to 5th spot in the points table, while DC, who were without Rishabh Pant in this match, have slipped to sixth spot.