10 Controversial moments in Virat Kohli's career

2. Middle finger show in Australia

On his very first tour to Australia, Virat Kohli hogged the limelight for showing the middle finger to the Sydney crowd. Kohli reportedly stated that the crowd was using abusive language, and was targeting his mother and his sister. Kohli even said that the language from the Aussie crowd was the worst that he has ever heard.

“I agree cricketers don’t have to retaliate. what when the crowd says the worst things about your mother and sister. the worst I’ve heard,” tweeted Kohli after the incident.

You can see Virat Kohli’s tweet below

i agree cricketers dont have to retaliate. what when the crowd says the worst things about your mother and sister. the worst ive heard

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 4, 2012

Kohli was fined 50% of his match fee and was imposed with a Level two charge as well. Kohli has traveled a long way from that incident, has lorded over the Australian bowling attack, and is now one of the greatest batsmen of the modern era.