“It’s unnecessary. Totally unnecessary. You don’t want to see that. Virat’s a senior player, he’s been captain of the side, he’ll have his own explanations regarding that, but it’s something you don’t want to see,” Shastri said, speaking on Fox Cricket.
Virat Kohli collision with Sam Konstas ‘totally unnecessary’ says Ravi Shastri
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“One person who will be all over it, though, is Andy Pycroft,” Shastri added with a chuckle.
Pycroft is the ICC match referee for the Boxing Day Test, which is incidentally also his 100th Test match as a match referee.
The incident wasn’t the only time Kohli was in an animated mood on Thursday. Later, Kohli was also caught by the stump mic telling Siraj to “not smile while talking” to the Australian players.
Australia ended Day 1 on the front foot, reaching 311/6 at Stumps. The top four batters of the side all notched up half-centuries.
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