Perth: India’s tour of Australia has always been a tough tour. The harder it is to play cricket on an Australian tour, the harder the players and former players have to endure.
On this tour, even a former Australian player called Kohli ‘stupid’.
Former Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has described Indian captain Virat Kohli actions ‘silly’ and ‘disrespectful’ during his second Test.
Johnson wrote in his column, “At the end of the match you should be in a position to look each other in the eyes, shake hands and say that there was a great fight.”
He said, “Virat Kohli did not do this with Tim Paine, shaking hands with the Australian captain but barely making eye contact. For me, this is disrespectful.’
Mitchell Johnson: Why ‘disrespectful’ Kohli just looks silly: https://t.co/luznbQ0RER pic.twitter.com/TAEfZKFbZl
— Fox Cricket (@FoxCricket) December 18, 2018
“Kohli gets away with more than most cricketers and that’s simply because he is Virat Kohli and he gets placed on a pedestal but this Test left the Indian captain looking silly,” Johnson added.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) came in support of Kohli on Tuesday on the news that Kohli belittled Paine as just “a stand-in captain”.
STATEMENT: BCCI rubbishes reports about Kohli-Paine banter. Full details here https://t.co/1wcGqV41iZ pic.twitter.com/YXiSJTqL6O
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 18, 2018
