Virat Kohli Exchanges Heated Words With Hyderabad Players After RCB Lost To SRH? Fact Check On Viral Video

Did Virat Kohli lock horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) players after Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) faced a narrow defeat in their previous match? A video of Virat Kohli is doing round the internet that shows the ace batter exchanging heated words with SRH players, when both the teams were lined up to shake hands after the match. Virat Kohli's viral video has created a buzz online with thousands of views and the comment section is flooded with messages in support of the star player. However, RCB fans on social media also criticised such banters and asked every player to respect the senior cricketer.

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) conceded a record 287-run score against Sunriser Hyderabad at their home ground, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, which resulted in the team's another major defeat. Though Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik put everything to fight back, RCB fell 25 runs short of achieving the mountain of runs. It was the first time when RCB scored more than 250 runs in the tournament, but everything went in vain.

Analyzing RCB's overall performance at the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024), experts saw a drastic drop in performance in all three departments- batting, bowling, and fielding. While captain Faf du Plessis also failed to make any game-changing move. Many social media users requested RCB team management to change the skipper and bring back Virat Kohli as lead citing his aggression, killing instinct, and ability to get the best out of players.

The viral video shows a similar incident, where, Virat being Virat and engaged in a war of words.

Watch Virat Kohli's viral video:

But no such incident, Virat Kohli's fight with SRH players, was reported by any news agency. This caught the attention of the fact check team. Looking closely at the video, the team learned that Virat Kohli was engaged in a verbal spat with Sunrisers Hyderabad's Mayank Aggarwal, but it is an old video. The cricketer did not have any war of words this IPL season with any player. Hence, the claim, that Virat Kohli locked horns with SRH player, is FALSE.