They should get Oscar Award: Sunil Gavaskar's hilarious response on Gambhir-Kohli hug in stadium
The embrace between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir during the Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders match has sparked widespread discussion, prompting reactions from cricket legends Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri.
The moment was captured by official broadcasters during the KKR chase, with Shastri commenting that the gesture deserved a fair play award. Gavaskar added humor to the situation by suggesting they should be given an Oscar.
Despite their past on-field clashes, including heated exchanges during IPL matches, Kohli and Gambhir appeared to have reconciled as they exchanged hugs and smiles during the IPL 2024 match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday.
A video of their embrace quickly went viral on social media, signaling a thaw in their previously contentious relationship. Notably, the two cricketers had engaged in a verbal altercation during IPL 2023 when Gambhir, now serving as a mentor for Kolkata Knight Riders, was associated with the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).
During that match, tensions escalated between Kohli and LSG pacer Naveen Ul Haq, leading to a confrontation on the field. Gambhir subsequently entered the fray, engaging in another round of verbal exchanges with Kohli, adding to the intensity of the moment.
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BJP has become party of Bakasur, its hunger insatiable: Sanjay Raut on defection of AAP MPs
Mumbai (PTI): A day after seven Rajya Sabha MPs of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) quit and said they were merging with the BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday likened the saffron party to the mythological demon Bakasur with insatiable hunger.
Talking to reporters here, Raut said the majority of AAP MPs who switched their loyalties to the Bharatiya Janata Party were "Page 3 leaders", and claimed that they were scared as they were "wealthy and needed protection."
"Let the garbage from other parties go the BJP so that it becomes a dumping ground," Raut said.
The AAP suffered a jolt on Friday as seven out of its 10 Rajya Sabha members, including Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal and Sandeep Pathak, quit the party, with Chadha saying all of them had merged with the BJP.
"In Mahabharat, there is a demon called Bakasur whose hunger was insatiable. The BJP has become a party of Bakasur. It can eat anything," Raut said.
Chadha had once termed the BJP a party of goons, while Mittal's businesses faced raids soon after he was made deputy leader of the AAP in the Rajya Sabha (replacing Chadha), said Raut, himself a member of the Upper House of Parliament.
The Enforcement Directorate had last week conducted raids at business entities linked to Mittal in Punjab as part of a FEMA probe.
"Everyone knows about the BJP's politics. It is shamelessness," the Sena (UBT) leader said, adding that US President Donald Trump called India a hellhole and the BJP was showing what hell looks like.
He himself had written to then Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu that there was pressure on him to join the BJP but he did not betray his party and preferred to go to jail, Raut said, referring to his arrest in an alleged money laundering case in 2022. He was released on bail in the case months later.
#WATCH | Mumbai | On Raghav Chadha, along with 2/3 AAP Rajya Sabha MPs joining BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut says, "... Everyone knows the politics the BJP is playing. Their politics is a single word, we call it shameless. They have no shame. Because these people, like… pic.twitter.com/hJslDdLZDV
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