Srinagar: Afghanistan star cricketer Naveen ul Haq has said that he is in IPL 2023 to play cricket and not to tolerate abuse after the viral spat with Virat Kohli during Lucknow Super Giants vs RCB clash.
The LSG vs RCB match has been in news for the fight that broke between Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli after the match had ended.
It was only an extension of what had started during the game. Towards the end of the match, there was a flashpoint between Kohli and Naveen-ul-Haq which left the latter furious.
He later was involved with Kohli in another heated incident after the match.
The initial incident started with Kohli saying some words directed at Naveen before showing his shoe at him.
The Afghanistan star was left furious as he came charging towards the former RCB skipper. The umpire and Amit Mishra, the other LSG batter in the middle, intervened immediately. Kohli kept the intense talk going this time looking at Mishra signalling to keep Naveen calm.
After the match, the two shared an aggressive handshake before Naveen uttered a few words. Kohli did not pay heed to it and moved on but Naveen continued. Kohli then stopped and retaliated verbally. And before things got a bit more intense, Glenn Maxwell stepped in and separated the two.
According to Indian Express, Naveen has told one of LSG teammates: “I have come here to play in the IPL, not to take abuse from anyone.”
The Afghanistan star also shared aggressive instagram story “You get what you deserved that’s how it should be and that’s how it goes.”
BCCI took action against Naveen and Kohli. While the former was charged 50 per cent of his match fees as fine, the latter had to hand over his entire match fees.
Gambhir too was fined 100 per cent of his match fees for his ugly spat with Kohli moments after the Naveen incident during handshakes.