Virat Kohli reportedly did not shake hands with Travis Head after the loss to SRH in IPL 2026. This incident has gone viral, which is being linked to the defeat of the 2023 World Cup final.
Hyderabad: In a match of Indian Premier League 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 55 runs. But after the match, an incident happened, which is now going viral on social media. It is alleged that after the end of the match, Virat Kohli deliberately did not shake hands with Sunrisers player Travis Head and ignored him. This incident is now being debated heavily.
After the end of the match between RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad, players of both the teams were shaking hands with each other. Meanwhile, RCB star player Virat Kohli shook hands with Sunrisers captain Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan, but as soon as Travis Head extended his hand, Kohli ignored them and moved ahead. Its video has now gone viral on social media.
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Has Kohli still forgotten the pain of the World Cup?
Actually, this anger regarding Travis Head is not new. Its roots lie in the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup final. In that tournament hosted by India, Team India, captained by Rohit Sharma, reached the finals without losing any match. But in the final, Australian opener Travis Head shattered India’s dream of winning the World Cup by scoring 137 runs alone. Earlier, in the final of the World Test Championship too, Head had dashed India’s hopes of victory by scoring a century. It is believed that since then, whenever Kohli gets a chance, he expresses his anger against Head on the field.
Even in this IPL, Kohli’s aggression was visible on the head wicket.
Even in the opening match of the 19th season of IPL, when RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad were face to face, Virat Kohli celebrated loudly when the wicket of Travis Head fell. At the same time, during the recent match held in Hyderabad, there was an altercation twice between Head and Kohli. When Rasik Salam Dhar clean bowled Travis Head, Kohli’s aggressive celebration was worth seeing.
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