Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) mentor Gautam Gambhir and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batting star Virat Kohli were involved in an animated chat at the Eden Gardens during a practice session on Saturday. In a video shared by the Knight Riders' official Twitter handle, Kohli was seen making plenty of hand gestures in between conversations.
Kohli and Gambhir recently enjoyed a friendly hug when the two teams locked horns at the Chinnaswamy Stadium earlier in the tournament. The star duo was expected to be in loggerheads after they a heated clash following a match in IPL 2023. Nevertheless, everything seemed good and the two got along quite well.
Both Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders are coming off defeats:
As far as the cricketing action goes, both sides suffered defeats in their last match and will be looking to walk off with a win on Sunday. The Royal Challengers find themselves most in strife as they have won only 1 out of 7 matches and another defeat could push them on the brink of elimination. RCB's most recent game saw them lose a high-scoring contest to the SunRisers Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, the Knight Riders are comfortably placed in the 2nd spot despite suffering 2 losses out of 6. Nevertheless, the two-time champions will be concerned about their bowling unit after failing to defend 223 against the Royals, losing from a winning position.
The Knight Riders had defeated the Royal Challengers comfortably when the two locked horns earlier in the tournament.
