New Delhi. The news of rift between former Team India captain Virat Kohli and former BCCI President Sourav Ganguly keeps coming to the fore. But now this issue has got air once again. Virat and Ganguly also had a face to face in IPL 2023. At the same time, this internal haste has taken a new turn. Virat Kohli is an important batsman of RCB while Ganguly is the director of Delhi Capitals.
Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli did not Shake hands with Each Other
The face-to-face of the two veterans took place when after the match between RCB and Delhi was over, everyone went to shake hands with each other. But Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli did not shake hands with each other. After which the discussions of rift between the two have started again. After this, now Virat and Ganguly have unfollowed each other on Instagram. However, both of them themselves have not discussed anything about this. Virat Kohli follows 247 people on Instagram in which Sourav Ganguly is not. Run Machine has more than 246 million followers. On the other hand, talking about Sourav Ganguly, he has more than 30 lakh followers and he follows 106 people. Virat Kohli’s name is not there in his following list.
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There Was a Rift After Leaving the Captaincy
This rift started from there when Virat had the command of Team India in his hands. After the 2021 T20 World Cup, Virat had decided to leave the captaincy of T20. After which the name of Rohit Sharma came as the captain of ODI and T20. But Virat revealed in the press conference that he was informed about his removal from the captaincy a few hours before the ODI team was announced. But Sourav Ganguly opposed this and told that Virat was stopped from giving up the captaincy but he did not agree.
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After this issue, this matter did not calm down. Virat Kohli finally decided to give up the captaincy of the Test team on the South Africa tour. Since that time, discussions about the rift between the two veterans often come to the fore. Fans are also seen giving different reactions on this issue.