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Sports News: Virat Kholi is the infamous cricketer who holds the impressive list of records. The former India captain is known for his support not just towards his teammates but also towards opposing teams' players both on and off the ground.
However, this time it was different. Virat Kohli has been jeered and booed by the Melbourne crowd since Day 1 of the ongoing fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) against Australia, where he had a shoulder-barge incident with Australian cricketer Sam Konstas that resulted in the firestorm of online responses. On Day 2, the Indian batter turned to the stands in anger, appearing to be provoked by some comment from a spectator as he was dismissed for 36.
Social media fans quickly drew comparisons to an incident from another IPL season when Virat Kohli had confronted a Chennai Super Kings fan who had booed him. The Indian batter's confrontation with the crowd came on a tense series after he had had a shoulder-bump collision with Australian batter Sam Konstas on Day 1. Kohli was fined 20% of his match fee for that fracas, and Australian media have since slammed his conduct.
Videos of the incident went viral immediately and opened up immense debate in social media spaces, with fans sharing various opinions regarding whether Kohli had done justice to what was expected from him at the hands of the pitch.
Various cricket experts, from Ravi Shastri and Sunil Gavaskar to former cricketer from Australia, Ricky Ponting, lambasted Kohli for what he had done on day one of the Test, and Kohli's furious nature has always been subject to different opinion.