Virat Kohli confronts ‘boos’ as Australian crowd turns on Indian star batter | Watch

Amid the ongoing 4th Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 at Melbourne Cricket Ground against Australia, star India batter Virat Kohli was booed by a group fans on Day 2 of the match as he was walking back to the dressing room after his dismissal.

Virat Kohli is not only a star player for India but is also considered one of the best batters of current times. His fans celebrate him globally. He is also known for supporting players when they are at their career lows.

However, this incident, where he was booed by a group of Australian fans at the MCG, while he was enroute to to the dressing room has made Kohli furious. It also seemed that the Australian fans have passed on some derogatory remarks towards the star batter.

With Kohli not happy with the treatment, he turned back to stare down at the fans and almost confronted the group. But, he was stopped by a security official, who calmed him down before things could escalate.

This is not the first incident of the day, as he was also booed by fans when he walked out to bat after Tea. Ever since he landed in Melbourne, the 35-year-old star batter has been targeted by local media.

What happened on DAY 1 of the Boxing Day Test?

On 26 December, after Kohli nudged Australia debutant Sam Konstas on DAY 1 of the Boxing Day Test, he come under the scanner and was labelled ‘clown’ by some Australian media outlets.

Australian newspaper “The West Australian” had headline reading, ‘Clown Kohli’ accompanied with the picture of Kohli with a clown’s nose. The article read, “Indian sook slammed for pathetic bump in teen’s dream Test debut.”.

Kohli was fined 20 percent of his match fees by the ICC and reprimanded by many former cricketers for his altercation with Sam Konstas.

In a statement on the incident, ICC said, “Virat Kohli has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee and awarded one demerit point for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct.”

“No formal hearing was needed as Kohli accepted the sanctions proposed by Match Referee Andy Pycroft,” the international cricketing body added.

India VS Australia, 4th Test, Day 2:

On DAY 2 Stumps, India have scored 164 of 5 wickets in 46 overs, trailing by 310 runs. Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja will begin the DAY 3 for India.

Earlier, Australia posted 474 runs on the scorecard after losing all the wickets in 122.4 overs on DAY 2.

Steve Smith scored his 34 Test century, which is his 5th at MCG. This was also his 11 century in 43 innings against India.

In 197 deliveries, Smith scored 140 runs, supported by Marnus Labuschagne (72), Usman Khwaja (57) and Sam Konstas (60).

For India, Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets, Ravindra Jadeja picked 3, Akash Deep took 2 and Washington Sundar clinched one wicket.

Training by 475 runs, India quickly lost skipper Rohit Sharma (3) and KL Rahul (24). But Yashasvi Jaiswal (82) and Virat Kohli (36) pushed India to score 164 off 5 wickets in 46 overs.

For Australia, Pat Cummins and Scott Bolland took two wickets each.