Virat Kohli takes an indirect dig at Peter Handscomb over controversial catch

Yesterday, Indian captain Virat Kohli churned out a superlative knock of 123 runs from 257 balls with 13 boundaries and a six. He came to bat after India were reeling against Australia with the score at 8/2. However, the scenario didn’t fluster Kohli by any stretch of the imagination. He staved off the Aussie bowlers gracefully and gradually pressed the accelerator.

Nevertheless, his innings came to an end in a rather bizarre manner. In the last delivery of the 93rd over from fast bowler Pat Cummins, Kohli went for an ambitious drive through the cover region. Nevertheless, the ball found his bat’s outside edge and flew towards the slip cordon. Peter Handscomb got hold of the ball and was confident about the dismissal.

Kohli vents out his frustration

He also put his fingers up, signalling that the catch was clean. Albeit the on-field umpires- Chris Gaffaney and Kumar Dharmasena– soft-signalled it as ‘out’, they went to the third umpire Nigel Llong. After a long hard look, replays turned out to be inconclusive. Even as it seemed that the red cherry might have touched the turf, nothing could be decided upon with conviction.

In the end, the third umpire didn’t find any conclusive evidence in order to overturn the on-field decision. Hence, Kohli had to make the long walk-back. India also couldn’t add many runs thereafter and ended up conceding a vital lead of 43 runs. The 30-year-old also got support from the fans, who went on to say that the experienced batsman was wrongly given out.

In the meantime, the Delhi-born cricketer showed his dissatisfaction over the matter in one of the fielding sessions. Someone threw the ball towards Virat and he dived towards his right to catch it. But the ball bounced in front of him after which Kohli, hilariously, claimed that he took the catch. His actions clearly suggested that he took an indirect dig at Peter Handscomb.

Here is the video

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