Former Indian national cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri has hit out at Virat Kohli over his altercation with Australian national cricket team young batsman Sam Konstas during the ongoing fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. He said it was unnecessary and that people didn’t want to see it.
Indian national cricket team batsman Kohli grabbed headlines on the first day of the ongoing fourth Test against the Australian national cricket team. The Boxing Day Test between the teams will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne.
Virat Kohli hit the headlines for his altercation with Sam Konstas on the first day of the MCG Test
Kohli hit the headlines because of his altercation with Sam Konstas. It all started after the Australian national cricket team debutant tried to play reverse scoops against Jasprit Bumrah at the start of the innings but missed a few. This made India’s batsman laugh at the young batsman who was in the slips.
However, Sam Konstas then attacked Jasprit Bumrah and also hit unorthodox shots. As the batsman continued his strikes, Kohli did not shy away from getting in the young batsman’s ears as he continued to hit him.
Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas bumped shoulders while moving across the pitch between overs
But things got tense after the 10th over when Kohli and Sam Konstas bumped shoulders while moving across the pitch between overs. Immediately after, they engaged in a heated exchange before Usman Khawaja and umpire Michael Gough interrupted them to separate the batters.
Since then, Kohli has become the talk of the town and the batsman has also faced a lot of criticism. This was because many felt that Kohli, being an experienced batsman, should not have tackled the 19-year-old youngster who was making his debut for Australia.
The latest to join the bandwagon is former Indian national cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri. The commentator believes that it was unnecessary for Virat Kohli to do this as he said the batsman is an experienced player and also captain of the Indian team.
“It’s unnecessary, completely unnecessary – Ravi Shastr on Virat Kohli’s altercation with Sam Konstas
Ravi Shastri added that Virat Kohli may have his own explanations for his argument and warned the batsman and said that umpire Andy Pycroft will keep a keen eye on him. During the game he stated:
“It is unnecessary, completely unnecessary. You don’t want to see that. Virat is an experienced player, he was the captain of the team. He will have his own explanations for this. But that’s something you don’t want to see.” . One person who will be watching the action is Andy Pycroft.
Sam Konstas was the star for Australia on day one. 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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