Gavaskar’s temper rose again, he said – Is there a hanging for pickpocketing, Kohli has been punished

Melbourne. The first day of the Boxing Day Test match was in the news because of Virat Kohli. He hit 19-year-old opener Sam Costans on the shoulder, who was debuting for Australia. However, Virat Kohli admitted that he made a mistake. ICC fined him 20 percent of his match fee for this mistake and also added 1 demerit point. Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar claimed that no special treatment was given to Virat Kohli. Some former Australian players believe that the incident of pushing the debutant opener in the Boxing Day Test was taken lightly.

There was a clash on the field on the first day of the fourth Test between former Indian team captain Kohli and Test cricket debutant Sam Costance. For which the Indian cricketer was fined 20 percent of the match fee and one demerit point was added to his account. However, 19-year-old Costas said after the end of the first day’s play that Kohli had not collided with him intentionally. He said, “Virat Kohli accidentally collided with me. This is cricket and this happens under stress.

The clash remained a topic of discussion on Friday and Gavaskar criticized the Australian media for using harsh words against Kohli. Australian media had demanded strict punishment for Kohli. Gavaskar rejected those claims, commenting, “You can’t hang a person for picking someone’s pocket.”

“This is a minor punishment in terms of amount,” he said. All these players are highly paid professionals. In such a situation, any amount may seem less. You can say that there can be a punishment because of what we see and experience but this is the maximum punishment decided by the ICC. It is not that any favor has been done to them. If his punishment had been 10 percent less, you could have said that some favor has been done.

Criticizing the Australian media, Gavaskar said, “Australian media acts like the 12th or 13th player for its team, targeting whoever it considers a threat to its team.” They are saying that Kohli should be hanged for a small crime and he was saved because his status is very big.

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