Cricket World Cup – “Virat Kohli Said We’re Done, I said…”: Naveen Ul Haq On Burying The Hatchet With India Star

Indian celebrity Virat Kohli and Afghanistan pacer Naveen Ul Haq, who had been concerned in an unpleasant spat within the IPL earlier this 12 months, let bygones be bygones with a shakehand and a hug throughout their World Cup recreation in Delhi on Wednesday. Naveen and Kohli had been engaged in a heated alternate throughout the IPL when the previous got here to bat for the house crew Lucknow Super Giants’ tense chase in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore. The incident snowballed into a large controversy as each cricketers took their altercation to the subsequent stage within the customary publish match handshake. Ok L Rahul needed to intervene and later LSG mentor Gautam Gambhir was too seen fuming on the sphere.

On Wednesday, chants of ‘Kohli Kohli’ welcomed Naveen when he got here into the bowl. During India’s chase of 273, the 2 gamers had been seen having fun with a lighter motion. For Naveen, the matter by no means went past the boundary ropes.

“Crowd will chant for their home cricketers and that is what they did. It is his (Kohli’s) home ground. He is a nice guy, a good player and we shook hands.

“It (what occurred) was at all times within the floor, it was nothing outdoors the bottom. People make it massive. They want that stuff for his or her followers. He mentioned (right this moment) ‘we’re executed with that and I mentioned sure we’re executed with that. We shook palms and hugged,” Naveen told PTI.

The 24-year-old has only played nine ODIs and he plans to retire from the format following the World Cup.

Talking about his retirement plans, Naveen said: “To be sincere extra worldwide bowlers will choose out of ODI cricket as a result of there’s not a lot steadiness between bat and ball. I want I would have performed extra ODI cricket however it’s what it’s.”