5 Instances when Australians sledged Virat Kohli
Since breaking into the national side, Kohli has dominated the best bowlers in the business quite effortlessly.
2. Virat Kohli and Tim Paine
In 2018, during Perth Test, Virat Kohli and Tim Paine were involved in a war of words on the field that got recorded on stumps. On Day-3 of that game, Paine was on the strike when Indian skipper said, “If he messes it up, it’s 2-0 in the series,”. The Aussie skipper replied saying that they need to bat first for doing so. He said, “You’ve got to bat first, big head.”
Interestingly, on the next day, Paine came out all guns blazing in order to poke Kohli on the field due to which at one point, the on-field umpire Chris Gaffaney had to come in between the two players in order to separate them. Moreover, he reminded both the players that they are the skipper of their respective sides.
Kohli was fully fired up with the way Paine reacted on Day-4 due to which he gave a long send-off to Tim Paine after he was dismissed by Mohammed Shami. However, in the end, Team India lost that game by a margin of 146 runs.
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