Watch: Shubman Gill's Cold Shoulder To Rishabh Pant Fuels Rift Speculation

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Last Updated:May 23, 2025, 16:50 IST

Indian teammates Gill and Pant triggered speculations of a rift betwixt them pursuing a little speech aft the IPL 2025 crippled connected May 22.

Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant interacting aft the GT-LSG match. (PC: X/screengrab)

An awkward post-game handshake infinitesimal betwixt Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant caught the internet’s attraction arsenic fans speculated hostility betwixt the Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants skippers. The India teammates were progressive successful a unusual non-exchange aft Super Giants bushed the Titans successful the Indian Premier League crippled connected Thursday, May 22.

In a clip posted by the Indian Premier League (IPL) connected societal media, Gill was seen interacting with Pant during the customary handshake betwixt the 2 sides. The Titans skipper seemed to locomotion past Pant conscionable arsenic his Super Giants counterpart looked keen to person a word.

Even arsenic Gill moved to the adjacent LSG subordinate successful the line, Pant turned astir successful his absorption to decorativeness disconnected his sentence. This got the net divided arsenic a conception of fans accused Gill of avoiding Pant, portion others believed it was a infinitesimal of teasing and playful banter betwixt the two.

It came crossed arsenic if Gill was excessively caught up successful the contiguous sting of his team’s decision aft entering the contention arsenic blistery favourites. In implicit contrast, Pant appeared successful a cheerful temper aft his team’s consolation win, having already faced elimination. What added to the ambiguity of the infinitesimal for those watching was Gill’s flimsy smirk aft helium walked past Pant.

While lone the 2 cricketers cognize the existent communicative down their funny exchange, their handshake triggered a flurry of reactions connected societal media arsenic fans wondered if this was the commencement of a caller rivalry successful Indian cricket, arsenic the 2 stay an integral portion of the Indian squad crossed each formats astatine the planetary stage.

“Shubman Gill IGNORES Rishabh Pant AFTER the Match!!!" noted 1 user, earlier different commented, “Gill vs Pant let’s goooo."

Despite entering the crippled with likelihood stacked against them, the Super Giants overcame the table-toppers Titans successful their den successful Ahmedabad. The hosts mislaid the high-scoring brushwood by 33 runs aft failing to pursuit down LSG’s monolithic 235/2 successful their 20 overs, including a blistering period from Mitchell Marsh (117).

The decision enactment the Titans connected a tricky rope, wherever different nonaccomplishment could bring them down to the 3rd oregon 4th slot. Gill’s men volition beryllium taking connected Chennai Super Kings connected Sunday, May 25 successful their last league game. LSG volition adjacent disconnected their run with a lucifer against Royal Challengers Bengaluru connected May 27.

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