Afghanistan bowler Naveen-ul-Haq was once again the target of chants of 'Kohli-Kohli' during the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) match against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday, May 21. However, the pacer responded to the chants during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match which his team won.
Ravi Bishnoi caught a miscued shot by Rahmanullah Gurbaz off Yash Thakur's bowling, and the pacer turned around to silence the crowd by putting his finger on his lips.
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The LSG pacer was goaded by the Kolkata crowd when he was bowling, and even batting. This was happening for the second time this season as the bowler faced the same chants by the LSG crowd to trigger a response from Naveen who had a verbal spat with former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper that embroiled in a huge controversy. Naveen did not lose his cool and gestured for the crowd to chant even louder in the viral video that has been making rounds on the internet.
The Afghan recruit was fined 50 per cent of his match fee for breaching for Level 1 offence under Article 2.21 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct. On the other hand, Kohli and LSG mentor Gautam Gambhir were fined 100 per cent of their match fee for committing a Level 2 offence under Article 2.21 of the IPL Code of Conduct.
Naveen had an altercation with Kohli when he was batting in LSG’s run chase. More than 10 days later, the Afghan pacer was asked by teammate Avesh Khan to reveal his favourite sledging incident to which he said, “I have never sledged anyone at first, that's not my habit. There was a First Class game where I was at the non-striker's end with whom I had a bit of a sledging incident.
"The guy fielding at slip position was recently married. He asked us to finish the game quickly as it was the last wicket. He said he needed to go home because of some work. That is one sledging incident I remember from a first-class game.”
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