IPL 2025: Kohli's Gesture Sparks Controversy After Musheer Khan's Shock IPL Debut for Punjab Kings

The first qualifier match of IPL 2025 was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings on Thursday. In this match, RCB defeated Punjab Kings by 8 wickets and secured their place in the final of IPL 2025. In this match, RCB bowlers first bowled out Punjab Kings for just 101 runs and then easily achieved the target in 10 overs.

During this match, Punjab Kings surprised everyone by making Mushir Khan's IPL debut. Even Bangalore's star batsman Virat Kohli was surprised to see Mushir at the crease. After this, the gesture Virat Kohli made towards Mushir went viral on social media. In the video, Kohli is seen making a gesture toward him, which has led to widespread criticism and sparked controversy online.

What exactly was Virat Kohli’s gesture after seeing Mushir bat?

In fact, in this match, Musheer came out to bat after Punjab Kings batsman Shashank Singh was dismissed by Suyash Sharma. Kohli was surprised to see this 20-year-old player at the crease. After which his gesture went viral on social media, on which many people claimed that Kohli was indicating to Musheer that he is the waterboy of the team. His action is clearly visible. Although his words were not clearly heard on the stump mic, he indicated that Musheer had brought drinks for the Punjab players a few minutes ago, before he was suddenly asked to debut and bat.

Punjab took the risky step of sending Musheer as an impact player at the last moment, but he stayed at the crease for only three balls and was dismissed without opening his account. He was out LBW on the ball of Suyash. Punjab's team was all out for 101 runs in 14.1 overs. Bangalore won the match in 10 overs with the loss of two wickets.

What’s the truth behind the viral video?

Actually, if we try to get to the bottom of this video, then Virat Kohli was surprised to see Musheer Khan batting because just a while ago, Musheer Khan was bringing water for the batsmen of Punjab Kings. And suddenly he was sent to bat as an impact player. That's why Virat Kohli indicated in this way that he was giving water a while ago.

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