Cricket in 2018: 7 instances when Virat Kohli was involved in the controversy

6. The IPL controversies

There were a few controversies that Virat Kohli raised during the IPL this year. First of all, he didn’t walk back when he clearly edged a ball in one of the matches. There were questions raised about his honesty and the fans cited this when he mocked Australia‘s Peter Handscomb in one of the fielding drills after the controversial catch.

Also, a few questions were raised when the RCB skipper demanded INR 17 crores for the season. A few fans claimed that Kohli taking in the additional moolah forced the management to retain Sarfaraz Khan as they exhausted additional resources for him. There was criticism that he put his personal needs ahead of the team’s needs. There were also reports that Kohli rejected to do an ad shoot with Deepika Padukone which apparently cost RCB INR 11 crores loss.