10 epic sledges from Virat Kohli

8) Virat Kohli and Steve Smith in 2014

Steve Smith and Virat Kohli are unarguably the biggest names of cricket currently. Seldom would you find a rivalry as iconic as the Smith-Kohli rivalry. However, this incident took place before the two of them became absolute legends of the game.

This happened during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2014/2015 where Steve Smith was smashing Indian bowlers to all corners of the park. When Rohit Sharma was bowling to the Aussie superstar, the ball hit his pads and he appealed only to get absolutely no response from the umpire. Despite that, Sharma continued to appeal to which Smith got frustrated. This frustrated Kohli who went to the Aussie and started to argue with him.

The RCB captain even went on to tell Smith to “Stay in his limits” which the Aussie batsman seemingly ignored. Warner then tried to curb the situation and pacified the two, this was the beginning of a new era between two of the greatest players of the 2010s as their rivalry managed to get the best out of them.