Virat Kohli slams journalist: The Indian captain didn’t shy away from giving a fitting reply to a journalist after losing the second Test.
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During the third day of the second Test of the recently concluded India’s tour of New Zealand in Christchurch, New Zealand defeated India by seven wickets to register a 2-0 series victory.
Having lost the T20I series 5-0, the hosts did exceedingly well to whitewash India in both the ODI and Test series. Coming on the back of getting whitewashed in Australia, New Zealand needed such a result to stay active in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship.
After India dismissed New Zealand captain Kane Williamson cheaply in the first innings yesterday, captain Virat Kohli was seen giving an animated send-off to his counterpart.
Being asked about the same by a journalist during the post-match press conference, Kohli didn’t shy away from giving a fitting reply to the jounalist. Main excerpts from the conversation are mentioned below:
Journalist: Virat, what’s your reaction to your behavior on the field, swearing at Williamson when he got out, swearing at the crowd. As an Indian captain, don’t you think you should set a better example on the field?
Virat Kohli: You need to find out exactly what happened and come up with better questions. You can’t come here with half questions or half details of what happened. And also, if you want to create controversy, this is not the right place. I had spoken to the match referee. He had no issues with what happened. Thank You.
Virat Kohli slams journalist
When asked about his on-field behaviour, Virat Kohli gets tetchy at the post-series presser #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/vtGXm6Xe1A
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 2, 2020
How Twitterati reacted:
Spirit of cricket award to Kohli again? @ICC https://t.co/FBHlARNQTA
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) March 2, 2020
Kohli deserves another Spirit of Cricket Award by @ICC for this answer alone. pic.twitter.com/av0SA7QErB
— Ali Salman Alvi (@alisalmanalvi) March 2, 2020
New Zealand crush India by 10 wkts in 1st Test & 7 wkts in 2nd Test to whitewash 2-0. India’s totals 124, 165, 191 & 242. Kohli’s scores this series 2, 3, 9, 11, 11, 14, 15, 19, 38, 45, 51 (Ave 19.81). Kohli’s Ave in 2 Tests 9.50, India most over-rated team in cricket. #Cricket
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) March 2, 2020
Not often you see such numbers for Virat Kohli #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/3tq6pROy39
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 1, 2020
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