On 21 May 2023, all eyes were on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) when they took on Gujarat Titans (GT) in the must-win clash of the ongoing IPL. But, they failed to win the game in front of the home crowd and got knocked out of the tournament. As a result, Mumbai Indians (MI) became the fourth team to get qualified for the playoffs.
Virat Kohli had a great game as he smashed his seventh IPL ton. But, still, it was not enough as RCB bowlers failed to defend the 198-run target. After that defeat, LSG’s Naveen-ul-Haq came up with a funny meme on his Instagram story to take an indirect dig at Kohli over RCB’s exit from the competition. Seeing that fans went crazy and slammed the LSG pacer on social media.
Here is the image of the shared Instagram story:
"Obviously very disappointing." - Faf du Plessis
Both these players got involved in an ugly bust-up during the LSG vs RCB clash. After that, both of them got indulged in some social media activities also to take some indirect dig at each other. Even, Naveen got teased in several matches in various stadiums with the chat of Kohli. So, after RCB’s exit, he came up with this Instagram story to take a dig at RCB. Speaking of the match, Virat Kohli scored 101* runs off 61 balls and RCB scored 197 runs for five wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Shubman Gill scored 104* runs off 52 balls and GT chased down the target in 19.1 overs with six wickets in hand.
After the loss, RCB skipper, Faf du Plessis said: "Obviously very disappointing. We got a really strong team tonight; excellent innings by Shuman Gill. There was a lot of grip in the second innings. I thought 195-200 was a good score. We needed that wicket of Shubman. From our batting perspective, our top four contributed really well... We missed a few runs consistently throughout the season, especially in the back-end of the innings.”
Here is how fans have reacted to the viral Instagram story:
— I Meme Storrrrrrrrr (@imemestoreFC) May 21, 2023
Gautam Gambhir after seeing that story pic.twitter.com/opqGiED8Td
— Sarcastic Cowboy (@SarcasticCowboy) May 21, 2023
the mango man is back 🫠
— Captain (@iEatCricket) May 21, 2023
Attention seeker Naveen 🤣
— Virat Kohli Worldwide (@ViratianTweets) May 21, 2023
Voh hmare players ko troll kar raha hai
— Guri Pbks (@Guri_Pbks) May 21, 2023
Humare country ke fans khud has rahe hai😐
Yeh mare ga kisi din 🥲 ab jayda ho raha ha
— Kushal Yadav (@Its_KYtweets) May 21, 2023
Sasta Stoner
— hkm.eth (@hmalviya9) May 21, 2023
It's getting cringe now. pic.twitter.com/Tho8qWIscs
— Amit. (@iOnlyAJ) May 21, 2023
@poserarcher This guy seriously crossing limits..
— Chintu 06 (@Chituzkratos) May 21, 2023
ATLEAST @imVkohli HAS BLASTED 2 CENTURIES... WHAT #naveenulhaq did ..
— Siddhart (@Siddhartsays) May 21, 2023
Baba ji ka dhullu