Former Indian national cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri lashed out at Virat Kohli over his altercation with the Australian national cricket team's young batsman Konstas himself during the fourth Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He said it was pointless and he didn't want to see it.
Indian national cricket team batsman Kohli made headlines on the first day of the ongoing fourth test against the Australian national cricket team. The Boxing Day Test between TEAMS is underway at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne.
Virat Kohli made headlines for his altercation with Sam Konstas on Day 1 of the MCG Test
Kohli was in the headlines because of his altercation with Sam Konstas. It all started after the debutant of the Australian National Cricket Team tried to play reverse scores jasprit bumrah at the start of the innings but missed a few. This made the dough from India laugh at the young dough as he sat in his briefs.
However, after that, Sam Konstas attacked Jasprit Bumrah and hit some unorthodox shots as well. As the batsman continued to play his shots, Kohli did not shy away from getting into the young batsman's ears as he continued to sledge him.
Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas bumped shoulders as they moved around the field between overs
But things escalated after the 10th over when Kohli and Sam Konstas bumped shoulders as they walked onto the field between overs. Immediately afterwards, they shared a heated exchange of words before Usman Khawaja and referee Michael Gough stopped it to separate the batters.
Since then, Kohli has become the talking point and the batting has also faced a lot of criticism. That's because many felt that Kohli, being a senior batsman, shouldn't have tried the 19-year-old, who was making his Australian debut.
The latest to join the bandwagon is former Indian national cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri. The commentator believes that it was not necessary for Virat Kohli to do this as he said that the batsman is a senior player and was also the captain of the Indian team.
“It's pointless, totally pointless – Ravi Shastr on Virat Kohli's altercation with Sam Konstas
Ravi Shastri added that Virat Kohli might have his own explanations for the spat and warned the batsman, saying match referee Andy Pycroft would be watching him closely. Speaking during the match, he explained:
“It's unnecessary, totally unnecessary. You don't want to see that. Virat is a senior player, he was the captain of the team. He will have his own explanations for that. But it's something you don't want to see. A person who will watch, his eyes will be imprisoned in the proceedings, Andy Pycroft.
Sam Konstas was the shining light for Australia on Day 1. The batsman played aggressively and scored 60 runs off 65 balls to help his team have a great day with the bat.
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