5 times when cricketers abused opponents on the field

2.Virat Kohli abusing Rubel Hossain in WC 2011

When Virat Kohli burst out onto the scene, he was an aggressive cricketer. He still is one, but people who have seen him over the years would say that he has tone himself down a lot. Maybe, it’s the captaincy that has given a breather to the inner Delhi-boy in Kohli.

One of the early incidents, when the world saw how aggressive Kohli was on the field, came during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. It was the opening match of the tournament. Bangladesh was playing India at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka. After getting knocked out by Bangladesh in the previous edition in 2007, a lot was at stake for the Indian.

India had made a strong start and was looking set for a huge total. Bangladesh pacer Rubel Hossain who was going through a good spell of bowling was trying to get onto Kohli’s nerves. After Kohli defended one of the balls from the pacer, Rubel gave a long glare to Kohli.

The Indian batsman didn’t like it and instead abused Rubel and told him to get back to his bowling. Virat went to on score 100 runs off 83 balls in that match. India won the match by 87 runs. Interestingly, it was Kohli’s first-ever World Cup match.