IPL 2023: Ex India Star Wants Virat Kohli To Score Ton As "Great Tribute To" Sourav Ganguly As RCB Meet DC Again After "No-Handshake" Episode

06.05.2023 - 05:47 sports.ndtv.com

In Delhi Capitals' IPL 2023 first leg meeting against Royal Challengers Bangalore, the most talked about subject was one incident that actually happened after the game ended.

After that game between Delhi Capitals, where ex-India captain Ganguly is working as 'Director of Cricket', and Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore, several videos of them went viral, which led to social media users saying that the duo might be avoiding each other.

In one of the videos, with players and staff of both the teams lined up for doing customary post-match handshakes, Ganguly could be seen jumping the queue as DC coach Ricky Ponting was talking to Virat Kohli.

Several Twitter users thought that the duo was deliberately avoiding each other. DC face RCB again on Saturday evening and former India player Sreesanth wants Kohli to score a ton in the game 'as a tribute to Dada'.

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