India, April 3 -- Is there tension between Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli? Did Gill take a swipe at the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) fans? In the world of social media updates, it doesn't take much time to create narratives; fan wars are a daily affair and nameless trolls form a large pool. All they need is a spark. And it came from Gill's first post on X in IPL 2025 on April 2 (Wednesday). That it came after his side, Gujarat Titans, defeated RCB at the Chinnaswamy Stadium perhaps carried an underlining message with its coded nature became a real eye-catcher.

Gill broke his X hiatus with a cryptic or coded post after GT beat RCB by 8 wickets. "Eyes on the game, not the noise."

It was just a seven-word post from a captain whose team ...