SYDNEY: Indian captain Virat Kohli was once on Thursday slammed by means of cricket fans for dressed in shorts at the toss for the warm-up game in opposition to Cricket Australia XI forward of the four-Test sequence here.
The four-day game, which began after the primary day was once washed out because of rain, regardless that has not been accorded a first-class standing.
A photograph of Kohli in shorts attending the toss with CA XI captain Sam Whiteman was once posted on BCCI's Twitter care for.
Fans soon took to the social networking site and criticised Kohli, calling it a "disrespectful act". One of them identified how Indian batting nice Sunil Gavaskar had slammed Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman for not dressed in his cap properly at Asia Cup earlier this yr.
Cricket is also referred to as the 'gentleman's game'.
"This @imVkohli bad attitude is showing no any respect for game and their legacy why @bcci @icc @accessonline n other cricket members think about this. Where is #sunilgavaskar who taunted in #Aisacup to Pakistani player for their cap??? What @imVkohli is showing," a twitterati wrote.
Another wrote, "Disgraceful and disrespectful... There was time captains used to wear Blazers during toss.... This behavior is absolutely unpardonable...."
In-form skipper Kohli (64) and teen prodigy Prithvi Shaw (66) were a number of the 5 Indian batsmen who struck fifties earlier than the guests were bowled out for 358 on the second one day of the rain-hit observe game at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The four-day game, which began after the primary day was once washed out because of rain, regardless that has not been accorded a first-class standing.
A photograph of Kohli in shorts attending the toss with CA XI captain Sam Whiteman was once posted on BCCI's Twitter care for.
CA XI have won the toss and will field first #GroupIndia https://t.co/J8fb8BJp8x
— BCCI (@BCCI) 1543444450000
Fans soon took to the social networking site and criticised Kohli, calling it a "disrespectful act". One of them identified how Indian batting nice Sunil Gavaskar had slammed Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman for not dressed in his cap properly at Asia Cup earlier this yr.
Cricket is also referred to as the 'gentleman's game'.
"This @imVkohli bad attitude is showing no any respect for game and their legacy why @bcci @icc @accessonline n other cricket members think about this. Where is #sunilgavaskar who taunted in #Aisacup to Pakistani player for their cap??? What @imVkohli is showing," a twitterati wrote.
Another wrote, "Disgraceful and disrespectful... There was time captains used to wear Blazers during toss.... This behavior is absolutely unpardonable...."
In-form skipper Kohli (64) and teen prodigy Prithvi Shaw (66) were a number of the 5 Indian batsmen who struck fifties earlier than the guests were bowled out for 358 on the second one day of the rain-hit observe game at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Virat Kohli slammed for wearing shorts at toss for warm-up match
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November 30, 2018
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