There are days when the Indian Premier League (IPL) consists of non-stop action, world class cricket and becomes a source of brilliant sportsmanship, as cricketers from all over the world visit our country and play for eight of the highly celebrated and prestigious franchises and show respect towards each other.

However, the day Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore and Ravichandran Ashwin's Kings XI Punjab locked horns in the former's home ground of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, it wasn't one of those days.

No thanks to the drama created by the RCB skipper, who made a rather “questionable” gesture with his hands after he dismissed the rival captain at the long on with a catch.

Virat Kohli gesturing to Ashwin's Mankading absolute savage ! #RCBvKXIP pic.twitter.com/JPiFqM5IBm

— Trojan_Horse (@sampath0272) April 24, 2019

Kohli's theatrics clearly worked wonders as Ashwin was visibly furious and threw a fit as soon as he reached the dugout, slamming his batting gloves on the ground in rage.

Once the 'Play Bold' franchise were able to prevent Kings XI from chasing their total of 202 and won the match, a comparatively vented out Ashwin took to the microphone to describe the extremely animated exchange that took place between the two former teammates who once used to play for Team India.

"I just played with passion, so does he (Virat). That's it. As simple as that," Ashwin said in the post-match press conference, trying to bury the matter and look forward.

However, it's clear as day that Ashwin's team, Kings XI Punjab, weren't done with the Indian captain and decided to slay him with sarcasm.

Organising their very first “Kuch Bhi Awards”, KXIP honoured Kohli with the 'Stuart Broad Humility Award.'

Virat Kohli's gesture after taking our skipper Ashwin's catch has earned himself a Kuch Bhi Award from us. Find out which one: https://t.co/eFDfg3kD2f

ð¸ - Hotstar #SaddaPunjab pic.twitter.com/zJ0zCwiO9c

— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) April 28, 2019

“Nothing warms the heart like a display of sportsman spirit on the field. And during Kings XI Punjab match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, opposition skipper Virat Kohli showed just why he's hailed as a beacon of sportsmanship. After grabbing the match-winning catch, Kohli showed concern towards the batsman's well-being and politely asked, “How're you doing?” with a hand gesture,” says their website.

“For this noble act, we give Kohli the Stuart Broad Humility Award and his team two points.”

Now if a rival gang is throwing shade at your captain, how can you stay behind in responding? RCB's Twitter reacted to Kings XI's tweet:

Kuch bhi https://t.co/60obCYFP0e

— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) April 28, 2019

Who doesn't love a good-quality banter? This is how the fans of both sides reacted:

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— RAINA'S Preetha (@PreethaRaina3) April 28, 2019

That's perfect ððð
After winning matches he acts like he won #WC2019 and after this high aggressive behaviour #rcb is first team to out of #IPL2019 ððso it's perfect ... Kuch bhi ððð

— Shahzad gori (@sgreatgori) April 28, 2019

Ashwin: pic.twitter.com/4elm6QoyAT

— DôçtÅr štrãÅgÄ (@h4riuu) April 28, 2019

Now I got to know the real  value of this celebration. Now I love it more than beforeð¤£ð¤£

— Basavaraj Nargal (@BasavarajNargal) April 29, 2019

"...beacon of sportsmanship" ð¤£ð¤£ But a humility award is well deserved by the RCB skipper. ðð¤

— Romel Raj Krishna (@romel_rk) April 28, 2019

@imVkohli he doesn't want your kuch bhi award! Because the award doesn't have worth to have virat!
Taking about that match ,ashwin is not big hitter and he don't deserve this much issue!

— pranav shiri (@pranav_shiri) April 28, 2019

Kuch bhi Nahi hua is Saal bhi.

I am not Punjab fan nor Ashwin is my fav cricketer , but this gesture from Kohli for his colleague with whom he still plays international was not needed.

— Chowkidar Sumit Agrawal (@sumitagrawal83) April 28, 2019

rcb admin : pic.twitter.com/v7sIufhpWj

— Cinderellað¸ (@ViratAnushka18) April 28, 2019