Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) took to social media to continue a back-and-forth banter with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, following the latter's dismissal in the Vijay Hazare Trophy semi-final on Thursday. Gaikwad - playing in the game for Maharashtra against Vidarbha - had to depart after a stunning diving catch by Jitesh Sharma, who will turn out for RCB in IPL 2025. The incident led to RCB firing shots back at Gaikwad, building on a subtle dig by the batter from a few weeks ago.
In December 2024, Gaikwad, while attending an event, saw his mic stop working. To this, the CSK captain had retorted with a sarcastic response.
"Must be someone from RCB," Gaikwad had said at the event, sending the crowd into laughter.
Now, Gaikwad's dismissal, inflicted by Jitesh's superb catch, allowed RCB to fire a shot back at Gaikwad.
"It is someone from RCB," the franchise posted on X, referring to Jitesh's catch.
'It is someone from RCB'
Jitesh doing what he does best! #PlayBold #VijayHazareTrophy #ನಮ್ಮRCB pic.twitter.com/0E7z282mlN
The mic guy had turned off Rutu's mic by mistake and the presenter said "How can you turn off Ruturaj's mic"
Rutu - "Might be someone from RCB" pic.twitter.com/o2ZljBs9BO
Two of IPL's most popular franchises, the tweet went viral, garnering over 18,000 likes in less than a day of being posted.
Gaikwad was appointed CSK captain at the beginning of IPL 2024, taking over from legendary skipper MS Dhoni. He was retained as the franchise's joint-highest-paid player ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, at a fee of Rs 18 crore.
Meanwhile, Jitesh was picked up by RCB at the mega auction for a sum of Rs 11 crore.
The two sides engaged in battle right down to
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