As Virat Kohli Takes On Naveen-ul-Haq, Lucknow Super Giants Back With 'Mango' Tweet

11.10.2023 - 08:25 sports.ndtv.com

The Virat Kohli vs Naveen-ul-Haq battle became the talk of the town ever since it was found out that the two players will be playing against each other in a Cricket World Cup 2023 match, for the first time since their infamous Indian Premier League spat.

Kohli and Naveen, during and IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants, had a heated exchange that went down in history as on of the most ugly incidents in the T20 league's history.

Ahead of their clash on the international stage, Naveen's IPL franchise, LSG, took to social media to re-open some old wounds with their 'mango tweet'.

LSG, taking to X (formerly Twitter), wrote "Aam kab nahi khana chahiye (when not to eat mango). The tweet took fans back to the times when Naveen posted a number of pictures on Instagram, showing him talking about mangoes when Kohli's RCB would lose its IPL match to a team.

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