NEW DELHI – Indian captain Virat Kohli has made an interesting revelationwith regards to the infamous 2012 Test against Australia in Sydney.
Playing under Mahendra Singh Dhoni at that time, Kohli was well on his wayto becoming the world’s best batsmen. The Aussies knew that and often had ago at the hot-headed Delhi lad in that series, DNA has reported.
Kohli has now revealed how he might’ve gone overboard when he decided toflip the finger at the Australian supporters in the stands.
“The one thing I remember most is when I’d had enough of the Australiancrowd at Sydney (in 2012) and I just decided to flick a (middle) finger atthem,” he was quoted as saying by Wisden Cricket Monthly.
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“The match referee (Ranjan Madugalle) called me to his room the next dayand I’m like, ‘What’s wrong?’ He said, ‘What happened at the boundaryyesterday?’ I said, ‘Nothing, it was a bit of banter’. Then he threw thenewspaper in front of me and there was this big image of me flicking on thefront page and I said, ‘I’m so sorry, please don’t ban me!’ I got away withthat one. He was a nice guy, he understood I was young and these thingshappen,” he said.
Kohli says he often laughs remembering some of the things he did as ayoungster but doesn’t have any regrets. “I really laugh at a lot of thethings I did when I was younger but I’m proud that I did not change my waysbecause I was always going to be who I am and not change for the world orfor anyone else. I was pretty happy with who I was,” he says.
