The 58th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants ended up having some controversial moments on the ground. It was not a day to remember for the victorious side of LSG other than their win against the hosts. An unpleasant incident happened during the 19th over of the first innings when the Hyderabad crowd threw the nuts and bolts to the LSG dugout.
Other than this, the moment also got a bit intense when the fans started chanting the name of former Indian skipper and RCB batter, Virat Kohli near the LSG dugout. At the same moment, the LSG mentor Gautam Gambhir was also spotted walking toward the dugout of his team. Notably, it is all happening in the aftermath of that infamous verbal altercation between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir during the match between LSG and RCB in Lucknow.
Here’s the video:
'Kohli Kohli' chants the Hyderabad crowd in front of the Lucknow Supergiants' dugout.pic.twitter.com/rRS6XGyTVe
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 13, 2023
The video of this incident of ‘Kohli-Kohli’ chants in front of Gambhir drew a lot of reactions from the fans on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Cricket fans came up with different reactions and responses for the fans alongside both Kohli and Gambhir.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Ager hyd me ye hal hai agli sal Chinnaswamy me kya hal hoga👀😂😆😆
— kohlified👑💉 (@yashjai56803688) May 13, 2023
LSG - Lafda Super Giants😆😆
— Durgesh Bhargava (@myself__Durgesh) May 13, 2023
*In front of Gautam Gambhir 😂😂
— Dr. Pushpak Chaudhari (@Pushpakk_c33) May 13, 2023
That’s not good
— Nitin jain(Sachinsuperfan) (@NitinSachinist) May 13, 2023
This will not be liked by many but fans also have their own emotion.
— Shubman Gang (@ShubmanGang) May 13, 2023
Please zoom in on Gauti's face. I want to see his face turn hulk-green.😂
— Vipin Tiwari (@vipintiwari952) May 13, 2023
Bas gambhir ko pin kar rha sab
— Abhinav singh (@Abhinav_tmk) May 13, 2023
Everyone knows why they are shouting kohli kohli..These are not fans. Throw them out of the stadium.
— Wickets Hitting (@offpacedelivery) May 13, 2023
i'm in stadium scenes going crazy
— BackFoot (@82_MCG_classic) May 13, 2023
bottles thrown on gambhir nd dugout
Speaking of the entire action of the match between SRH and LSG, the hosts’ skipper Aiden Markram won the flip of the coin and decided to bat first. Batting first, the orange outfits posted a total of 182 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 20 overs courtesy of the contributions from Heinrich Klassen and Abdul Samad of 47 and 37 runs respectively.
Later on, the visitors comfortably chased down the target by scoring 185 runs for the loss of only three wickets and won the match by a big margin of seven wickets. The number three batter played an unbeaten knock of 64 runs off 45 balls with seven fours and two sixes; he also won the ‘Player of the Match award for his match-defining performance in favour of LSG.
Other than Mankad, Nicholas Pooran also played an unbeaten and blistering knock of 44 runs off just 13 balls with three fours and four sixes with the wood; Whereas, the star Aussie all-rounder Marcus Stoinis also contributed with the important 40 runs off 25 balls having two boundaries and three maximums to his name.