Aman Gupta’s ‘JBL-boAt’ tackle Kohli-Ganguly handshake

boAt co-founder and CMO Aman Gupta on Sunday likened the post-match handshake between Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli to Gupta’s previous employer telling him that ‘boAt is doing decently well.’

“That’s sight you can’t unsee! Some see this that Ganguly is patting Kohli and Kohli reciprocating the respect for Ganguly. Looking closely, some see iconic brands JBL and boAt. What I see is my old employer (JBL) telling me that boAt is doing decently well,” Gupta tweeted.

Continuing, he wrote: “The experienced, the formidable campaigner, respected everywhere, represents JBL, and the aggressive, young insurgent, the leader of the day, represents boAt. Competition is always good for the consumers. Competitors respect each other and can bring out the best out of each other. Creating better products for everyone, every day.”

Incidentally, boAT, a shopper electronics model co-founded by Gupta in 2015, is in a partnership with three Indian Premier League (IPL) groups, one in all which is Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), as their official audio and wearable associate.

Also, each Kohli and Gupta are from Delhi.

JBL, in the meantime, is the brand new audio and model sponsor of Delhi Capitals (DC), the IPL franchise the place Ganguly is a member of the teaching employees.

What is the problem between Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli?

The alleged tiff between the 2 former Team India captains dates again to late-2021, when Kohli was faraway from the ODI captaincy, a month after stepping down as captain of the T20I group. His determination to go away T20I captaincy had sparked a confrontation between the batter and the Board of Control For Cricket in India (BCCI) administration, which, on the time, was headed by Ganguly.

Subsequently, in January 2022, Kohli resigned because the skipper of the Test group as effectively.

Then, within the ongoing sixteenth season of the IPL, in a match between RCB and DC, Kohli had given a stare-down at Ganguly, who ignored the previous. They didn’t shake palms after the match, which the Bengaluru-based aspect received on its house floor.

Therefore, in Saturday’s reverse fixture, performed at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium, all eyes had been on the duo. After the sport, nevertheless, they shook palms, and the second, predictably, went viral on social media. As for the match consequence, DC returned the favour, profitable comfortably by 6 wickets.