NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli was booed by the Aussie followers on the Melbourne Cricket Floor when he got here on to bat after Tea on the second day of the Boxing Day Check on Friday.
Virat was concerned in a shoulder-bump confrontation with Sam Konstas on Day 1 and was fined 20 % of his match charges and given a demerit level by the ICC for a Stage One breach of the ICC code of conduct. So the hostile reception by the Aussies was greater than anticipated.
Virat batted patiently in his 86-ball keep on the crease accumulating 36 runs and regarded completely targeted to to not fall to the lure exterior the off-stump.
There have been many cases when Virat left deliveries bowled by Mitchell Starc exterior the off-stump and giving the Aussie pacer a smile.
However Virat ran out of endurance after his mix-up with Yashasvi Jaiswal that resulted within the Indian opener’s run out for 82.
The Aussies lastly had the final giggle as Kohli edged a Scot Bland supply for wicket-keeper Alex Carey to take a easy catch once more dropping the sport of endurance.
Kohli was booed off the bottom whereas returning to the pavilion and a video doing the rounds on the web exhibits the previous Indian captain returning midway to stare and reply to some Aussie followers who had stated one thing inappropriate.
A visibly heckled Kohli was then escorted to the dressing room by a safety workers.
India had been 164/5, trailing Australia (474) by 310 runs at Stumps on Day 2.
