Virat Kohli vs Travis Head : Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 55 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday. But, this win was unsatisfactory for the hosts, as they missed out on a place in Qualifier 1. At the same time, RCB has been successful in making it to Qualifier 1 by being on top in the points table. In such a situation, this defeat may seem like a victory to the defending team. However, the altercation between Virat Kohli and Travis Head during this match has attracted everyone’s attention.
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In fact, after the match was over, RCB’s star batsman Virat Kohli shook hands with all the players except Travis Head of the opposing team Sunrisers Hyderabad. Head extended his hand towards Kohli, but he ignored it and moved ahead. After which critics are raising questions about Kohli’s attitude. Some media reports claimed that Kohli himself had started the fight so he should not have done so. However, the truth seems to be different. This fight was not started by Kohli but by Head. The Australian player had made provocative gestures during RCB’s batting.
Lmao seeing people here and on Reddit calling Kohli a hypocrite saying “he started it and can’t take it back“ while completely ignoring the clips where Travis Head literally initiated the poking first and kept chirping again and again. pic.twitter.com/K9POqkLOCn
— Void (@ViratKohly) May 22, 2026
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From the visuals that surfaced on social media and TV, it appeared that Travis Head tried to provoke Kohli, which only benefited Sunrisers Hyderabad. It seemed as if Head was signaling Kohli to hit some big shots and bowl outside the stumps, in response to which Kohli called him to bowl. On this, Kohli replied to Head, “Now that you will not be substituted, why don’t you just bowl.” Kohli even pointed out that Head is often left out of the team as an ‘impact player’. But since this did not happen this time, Kohli challenged him to bowl again.
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After Kohli was out, Head probably said: “You were out, man, before I could even come to bowl.” Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan, while commentating on the match, described the altercation thus – “Virat Kohli had called out Travis Head for bowling off-spin; he said that you are always left out as an ‘impact player’. A humorous spat started again between the two, Kohli called out Head for bowling off-spin.” At the same time, after the match was over, Virat’s anger did not subside and he did not shake hands with the head.
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