AUS vs IND 2024-25: Virat Kohli fined 20% of match fee, awarded one demerit point over Konstas incident at MCG

AUS vs IND 2024-25: Virat Kohli fined 20% of match fee, awarded one demerit point over Konstas incident at MCG

Virat Kohli has been fined 20% of his match fee and awarded one demerit point for shoulder-bumping Sam Konstas at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test on Thursday, December 26.

The unpleasant incident occurred in the first session when the players were changing ends after the 10th over. This led to a heated exchange between Kohli and Konstas, even as Usman Khawaja and on-field tried to pacify things.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting slammed Kohli shortly after the incident and called for sanctions against the veteran batter. Similarly, former India head coach Ravi Shastri was another expert who was not pleased with Kohli’s antics, stating it to be “unnecessary”.

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“Yeah, it’s unnecessary, totally unnecessary, you don’t want to see that. Especially, Virat’s a senior player, he’s been captain of the side, he’ll have his own explanations as regards that, but it’s something you don’t want to see. One person who’ll be watching, his eyes will be locked into the proceedings. Andy Pycroft,” Shastri said.

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