Virat Kohli is praising Steve Smith: Virat Kohli, who was criticized after colliding with Sam Constance in the fourth match against Australia, expressed amazing sportsmanship for Australian batsman Steve Smith. After this people became fans of Kohli. When Steve Smith scored the 34th century of his career on the second day of the ongoing Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Virat Kohli came up to him and patted him on the back to congratulate him.
The audience praised Kohli’s sportsmanship
Seeing this sporting spirit of Virat Kohli, the audience is appreciating it a lot. A day earlier, after clashing with Sam Constance, Kohli had become a victim of booing by the crowd. Virat Kohli is currently struggling with his performance against Australia. The form of Indian batsmen has not been good in this series. This is believed to be Kohli’s last tour of Australia.
ICC fined Kohli
Here, let us tell you that ICC had given strict punishment to Kohli for his physical altercation with Sam Constance. Kohli was fined 20 percent of his match fee and one demerit point was also added to his account. According to Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct, cricket is not a physical game and such collisions are prohibited.
Smith equaled Sunil Gavaskar’s record
Meanwhile, Australian batsman Steve Smith made the fourth Test memorable, scoring the 34th century of his career. He remained unbeaten after scoring 140 runs in 197 balls with the help of 13 fours and 3 sixes. With this, Smith has equaled the record of former great Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar (34 centuries). Smith made this record by scoring his 11th century against India. So now he has become the batsman who has scored the most centuries against India.
