Virat Kohli Gautam Gambhir RCB Vs. LSG IPL Fight
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About
Virat Kohli Gautam Gambhir RCB vs. LSG IPL Fight refers to memes and jokes about Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli and Lucknow Super Giants mentor Gautam Gambhir's brief fight after an IPL match on May 1st, 2023. Memes about the event took the form of people commenting on the excitement of the event, and the rivalry between the two cricketers.
Origin
On May 1st, 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) played a match against each other where RCB won by 18 runs. On May 2nd, Twitter[1] account @allaboutcric_ posted a view of the conflict from the spectator stands (seen below).
Spectators view of fight between Naveen, Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir pic.twitter.com/eJgnhWRsUS
— All About Cricket (@allaboutcric_) May 2, 2023
On May 1st, Twitter[2] user @CricCrazyJohns posted an image of the argument with the caption, "Heated words by Kohli & Gambhir," gathering over 46,000 likes in four days (seen below).
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On May 1st, 2023, Twitter[3] user @1no_aalsi_ posted a meme about the fight, gathering over 700 likes in four days (seen below, left). Also on May 1st, Twitter[4] user @firki07 posted an image of cricket Dhoni with the caption, "sms on the way: good cheeku. keep it up," gathering over 14,000 likes in four days (seen below, right). Cheeku is Virat Kohli's nickname.
On May 1st, 2023, Instagram[5] page @gothamgemphir posted a meme about the fight, gathering over 7,000 likes in four days (seen below, left). On May 1st, Instagram[6] page @exe.hardik posted a meme about the fight as well, gathering over 28,000 likes in four days (seen below, right).
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[1] Twitter – allaboutcric_
[2] Twitter – CricCrazyJohns
[3] Twitter – 1no_aalsi_
[5] Instagram – gothamgemphir
[6] Instagram – exe.hardik
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