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'I Will Do That Till My Last Breath...,' Gautam Gambhir On His Fight With Virat Kohli

image-lisu957bVirat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir during IPL 2023

The fight between Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli in IPL 2023 created a lot of buzz as Gambhir was accused of supporting Naveen-ul-Haq because of his hate for Virat Kohli. The on-field fight between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir goes a decade back when they had an altercation during IPL 2023. 

In the IPL 2023, the fight happened after the LSG-RCB game in Lucknow when Gambhir supported Naveen-ul-Haq after the Afghan was involved in a verbal banter with Kohli. Now, Gambhir has opened up about that fight for the first time and has said that people misused it for TRPs. He added that he had fights in the past too on the cricket field and those things should be limited to the cricket field and not cross boundaries.

He added that whatever happened on the field should not be called a fight and it happens in the heat of the moment.

This is what Gambhir said to News18:

"I have had fights on the cricket field before too but I have always kept that fight or argument limited to the cricket field only. There was an argument between two individuals and that should stay on the field and not cross the boundary. A lot of people said a lot of things for TRP, and many called for interviews. Anything that happens between two people does not need to be clarified. It happened on the cricket field and not off the field. If it had happened somewhere else, off the field, then you can call it a fight. In the heat of the moment, two individuals who want to win for their team and have the right to win."

Gambhir also stated that he supported Naveen-ul-Haq in his fight with Kohli because he felt that Naveen-ul-Haq was right. He also added that he will continue to support Naveen-ul-Haq or any other player who is right and that is how he has lived his life. The former KKR skipper also stated that he would not side with even his teammate if he is wrong, but Naveen-ul-Haq was right, so he supported Naveen-ul-Haq against Virat Kohli.

"I will say only this, that I will endorse what I did for the person who was right in that instance. If I feel that Naveen-ul-Haq did nothing wrong, then it is my duty to stand with him. And I will do that till my last breath, even it is for Naveen-ul-Haq or anyone. If I feel you are right, I will stand with you. This is what I have been taught and will continue to do. This is how I have been living my life. A lot of people said a lot of things, that I am supporting Naveen-ul-haq and not our own player. It was not that this player is ours and that player is not. If my team's player is wrong, I would not have sided with him."

Gambhir is currently a member of Parliament and is also a mentor of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the IPL.