NEW DELHI: On the primary day of the fourth Check in Melbourne, Virat Kohli and Australian teen Sam Konstas obtained into an argument on Thursday.
Nonetheless, the 19-year-old dwelling debutant downplayed the incident, claiming the Indian famous person had ran into him accidentally.
Because the gamers had been crossing over following the conclusion of the tenth over of the Australian innings, the transient confrontation occurred. As they crossed the sphere, Kohli and Konstas collided.
Usman Khawaja, Konstas’ teammate, intervened to interrupt up the tense trade of phrases when each gamers swiftly turned to face each other. The 2 had been additionally spoken to by the on-field umpires.
After stumps, Konstas instructed reporters that Kohli had by chance ran into him.
“Virat Kohli by chance ran into me, that is cricket and may occur with stress,” stated {the teenager} on the post-match press convention.
“I believe the feelings obtained to each of us. I did not fairly realise, I used to be doing my gloves, then a bit shoulder cost, but it surely occurs in cricket,” he added.
Konstas, who was batting on 27 on the time, went on to hit Jasprit Bumrah for 2 boundaries and a six within the subsequent over.
{The teenager} scored a surprising fifty on debut earlier than Ravindra Jadeja trapped him leg earlier than wicket.
