{"id":979068,"date":"2026-05-23T03:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/979068\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T03:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:28:17","slug":"no-handshake-virat-kohli-completely-ignores-travis-head-after-rcb-vs-srh-ipl-2026-game-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/979068\/","title":{"rendered":"No handshake! Virat Kohli completely ignores Travis Head after RCB vs SRH IPL 2026 game &#8211; Watch | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/virat-kohli-completely-ignores-travis-head-screengrab.jpg\" alt=\"No handshake! Virat Kohli completely ignores Travis Head after RCB vs SRH IPL 2026 game - Watch\" title=\"Virat Kohli completely ignores Travis Head (Screengrab)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Virat Kohli completely ignores Travis Head (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/virat-kohli\/3993\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virat Kohli<\/a> grabbed attention after Royal Challengers Bengaluru\u2019s IPL 2026 clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad, not just for the match but also for a tense moment with <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/travis-head\/62023\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travis Head<\/a>. During RCB\u2019s chase of a huge 256-run target, the two exchanged words on the field. Kohli reacted to a comment from Head by saying, \u201cOkay come down and bowl some deliveries.\u201d After Kohli got out soon after, Head replied, \u201cMate, you got out before I even came on to bowl,\u201d which appeared to upset the RCB star even more.The drama continued after the match during the usual handshake line. Head tried to shake hands with Kohli, but the former RCB captain walked past him without responding. Kohli did shake hands with other SRH players, including captain Pat Cummins, making the moment even more noticeable.Watch:Despite losing by 55 runs, RCB still finished at the top of the IPL league table because they crossed the important 166-run mark during the chase. SRH had earlier smashed 255\/4 thanks to explosive knocks from Abhishek Sharma (56 off 22), Ishan Kishan (79 off 44), and Heinrich Klaasen (51 off 24). Klaasen especially dominated the bowling, taking apart Josh Hazlewood in one brutal over.RCB never looked close to winning the chase. Virat Kohli scored just 15, while Devdutt Padikkal also fell cheaply. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajat-patidar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rajat Patidar<\/a>\u2019s 56 and Krunal Pandya\u2019s unbeaten 41 helped RCB reach the score they needed to secure a top-two finish and two chances to qualify for the final.SRH\u2019s batting was aggressive from the start. Abhishek Sharma attacked Bhuvneshwar Kumar early, while Kishan mixed smart placement with fearless hitting. Klaasen then added more destruction with his powerful shots, and Nitish Reddy\u2019s late cameo pushed SRH beyond 250.SRH earned a huge win, but RCB still walked away satisfied after securing the top spot in the standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli completely ignores Travis Head (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli grabbed attention after Royal Challengers Bengaluru\u2019s IPL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":979069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,247738,272450,48254,272448,272447,4227,79,272449,11541,11438,16,15,4221],"class_list":["post-979068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-ipl-2026-highlights","tag-kohli-ignores-handshake","tag-rajat-patidar","tag-rcb-standings-ipl-2026","tag-rcb-vs-srh-ipl-2026","tag-royal-challengers-bengaluru","tag-sports","tag-srh-victory","tag-sunrisers-hyderabad","tag-travis-head","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-virat-kohli"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116621772016368790","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/979069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}