NEW DELHI: India famous person Virat Kohli and debutant Sam Konstas have been on Thursday concerned in a heated on-field altercation after each shoulder-bumped mid-pitch on the opening day of the Boxing Day Check in Melbourne.
Quickly after the fiery change, incident blew up with the Australians blaming Kohli for instigating a confrontation with the 19-year-old debutant.
Amidst the drama, an sad former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting criticized Kohli for his actions.
“Take a look the place Virat walks. Virat’s walked one complete pitch over to his proper and instigated that confrontation. Little question in my thoughts in any respect,” Ponting mentioned on Channel 7 whereas watching the replay of the incident.
“I’ve little doubt that the umpires and the referee may have take a look at that. Fielders must be nowhere close to the batsman at that stage.
“It seemed to me that Konstas seemed up actually late, would not even know anybody is in entrance of him. That man on-screen there (Kohli) may need just a few inquiries to reply,” Ponting added.
Nevertheless, the Indian followers have been fast to retort, highlighting Ponting’s hypocrisy. An previous Ponting video quickly surfaced on-line and began trending, displaying the previous Aussie captain himself instigating a confrontation with Harbhajan Singh.
Throughout a India-Australia one-dayer in Sharjah in 1998, Ponting had tried to sledge and mock a 19-year-old Harbhajan after he was dismissed by the off-spinner.
Later within the day, Kohli was fined 20 p.c of his match price and hnded one demerit level by the Worldwide Cricket COuncil for his actions.
On the opening day of the Melbourne Check, high 4 Australia batters scored fifties because the hosts ended the day at 311 for six on the shut of play.
For India, Jasprit Bumrah picked up three wickets whereas Akash Deep, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar bagged a wicket apiece.
