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Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas clashing shoulders through the India vs Australia 4th Check.© cricket.com.au
“He (Sam Konstas) got under Kohli’s skin. Kohli was frustrated… Kohli was frustrated with his game,” mentioned Haddin, talking on the Willow Speak podcast.
“He came out to bat, everyone in every commentary box said, ‘Australia are going to bowl on fourth or fifth stump, they will play on Kohli’s patience’, and he got out the same way every time,” Haddin added.
The incident, which occurred on Day 1 of the fourth Check in Melbourne, happened after Konstas had made a fiery begin with the bat on Check debut, even taking Jasprit Bumrah for 14 runs in an over, together with a reverse-scoop six.
Kohli finally paid the worth for the incident, seeing 20 per cent of his match charges deducted and an ICC demerit level added to his identify. Nevertheless, Haddin explains that Virat Kohli was additionally annoyed due to his personal sport.
“He (Kohli) fell for the same plan all the time. On this occasion, the young kid (Konstas) got under his skin. Kohli reacted in a way, if you were sitting in the change room, you would have said, ‘we’ve got ’em here, we’ve broken the back of India’,” Haddin mentioned.
Kohli scored simply 190 runs in 9 innings within the sequence, and was dismissed by edging a ball exterior the off-stump every time.
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