Fiery Kohli fined again after IPL post-match row

Indian cricket star Virat Kohli was fined on Tuesday for the second time in this IPL after a postmatch altercation with former national teammate Gautam GambhirBoth were docked their entire match fee the Indian Premier League said while NaveenulHaq was fined 50 percent of his for breaching the leagues code of conductKohli and Afghan bowler Naveen were seen having sharp words on the field during a tense match between Kohlis Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants on MondayKohli who has often run into trouble with his aggressive approach had to be restrained by opposition batsman Amit Mishra during the match Bangalore eventually won by 18 runsAfterwards Lucknows Kyle Mayers had to be led away from an exchange with Kohli before other players tried unsuccessfully to stop a visibly furious Gambhir Lucknows team mentor from confronting himAlso Read IPL 2023 Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir in a verbal spat after RCB beat LSGGambhir and Kohli who played together when India won the 2011 World Cup had a shouting match before Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis intervenedThe former national teammates were also involved in an ugly onfield exchange in a 2013 IPL matchThe 41yearold Gambhir has become an MP for Indias Hindunationalist ruling BJP party since retiring from cricket in 2018This was Kohlis second offence this season after he was fined 10 percent of his match fee for his conduct during Bangalores loss to Chennai Super Kings last monthDespite being one of the best batsmen of the modern game King Kohli and Bangalore have never won the Indian Premier League He quit the RCB captaincy at the end of the 2021 season He went through an extended batting slump in 2021 and 2022 during which time he lost the Indian captaincy one of the most highpressure jobs in world sportKohli 34 has spoken about his mental health struggles during his dry phase including how he had been snappy to his Bollywood actress wife Anushka Sharma He has had numerous runins with opposing players and was once reprimanded after hitting a plastic chair with a bat following his dismissal during an IPL matchThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever