According to reports, former India captain and current RCB batter Virat Kohli has stopped following Sourav Ganguly on Instagram. Ganguly is the former president of the BCCI and the director of cricket for the Delhi Capitals. This is the result of a viral video showing the two of them not shaking hands. Ganguly skipped the line to advance as RCB’s Virat Kohli was chatting to DC’s Ricky Ponting instead of shaking hands with him after their previous game.
On April 15, RCB beat DC by 23 runs, giving the visitors their fifth straight loss in the competition. While everyone was shaking hands, Kohli and Ponting were spotted conversing among themselves for a while. This gave Ganguly the opportunity to cut in front of Ponting and shake hands with the teammates standing behind Kohli.
According to cricketcountry.com, Ganguly’s name is no longer included in the list beneath Kohli’s ‘following’ column, where it previously was. Ganguly’s ‘following’ column, on the other hand, lists Kohli, hinting that the RCB batter is followed by the veteran rather than the other way around.
Virat Kohli has unfollowed Sourav Ganguly on Instagram
When Virat Kohli was heading Team India and Sourav Ganguly was president of the BCCI, there were rumours that the two didn’t get along. Rohit Sharma replaced Virat Kohli as captain before Sourav Ganguly’s presidency ended. Ganguly has previously said that the decision to make the alterations had been made jointly by the BCCI and the selectors.
After waiting a week, Kohli shockingly admitted that he and the selection panel had never spoken. During a press conference in 2021-22, while India was touring South Africa, Kohli said:
“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.”
Twitter Reacts:
Virat Kohli unfollows Sourav Ganguly on Instagram after handshake controversy
And yes this is Virat Kohli's personal matter so tell me no one should point fingers. #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/BkHi9zzr01— Ashish Singh (@imashishsingh_) April 17, 2023
Why so called king kohli stared at ganguly after taking a catch and scoring useless fifty in a league match where ganguly is not even a head coach. What was he trying to prove? He unfollowed Ganguly on Instagram goes to show how immature and childish he is and so his fans.
— Saurabh (@sirothiasaurabh) April 16, 2023
Kohli went home and unfollowed Ganguly on Instagram, I stan a petty king. He just like me 😭👍
Matlab koi aur hota match khelke hotel jaata,aaram karta, parso match ki taiyari karta ya room service mangata ye banda was like no, open insta, unfollow NOW! 😂😭😂— Prakriti Yadav 🦁💛 (@Prakriti_99) April 16, 2023
Scenes which happened after 3 pm on April 15, 2023 :
🔹Kohli scored 50 & took 3 catches against Ganguly's team.
🔹 Ganguly's team continued losing matches in IPL 2023
🔹Kohli stared at Ganguly
🔹Kohli ignored Ganguly
🔹Kohli unfollowed Ganguly on Instagram— Raja Sekhar Yadav (@cricketwithraju) April 16, 2023
Virat Kohli unfollowed sourav ganguly in Instagram 😭😭
Just a month ago, he was following himThe rift is so real and open😭
— Ashwin rohit❤️ (@ashwin_ro) April 16, 2023
