Things got very heated during the first day of the fourth Border-Gavaskar series Test. This happened after Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas bumped into each other on field and then were involved in a heated altercation. The duo were eventually calmed down by the players and on-field umpires.
Following the incident, former India head coach Ravi Shastri slammed the Indian batter for his ‘unnecessary’ actions towards 19-year-old Konstas. Shastri also termed the incident as ‘something you don’t want to see’.
“It’s unnecessary, totally unnecessary. You don’t want to see that. Virat is a senior player, he’s been captain of the side. He’ll have his own explanations as regards that. But it’s something you don’t want to see. One person who will be watching, his eyes will be locked into the proceedings, Andy Pycroft,” Shastri said.
Kohli was fined by 20 per cent of his match fee by the International Cricket Council (ICC) following his heated exchange with Konstas. The India cricketer was also handed a demerit point by the global body.
Meanwhile, Konstas made headlines with his highly impressive debut knock of 60 runs from only 65 deliveries which included 2 unreal sixes to India seamer Jasprit Bumrah, who has proved to be a nightmare for almost every Australia batter throughout the series so far.
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