Kohli drama as Indian hero confronts spectator in tense scene

Video has emerged of Virat Kohli being involved in a tense moment with spectators at the MCG after being booed from the field.

Virat Kohli came close to an angry moment with fans after he was involved in a disastrous run-out near the end of Day 2’s action between Australia and India on Friday.

Footage was captured by a fan, and later uploaded to the social media platform X, showing Kohli walking down the tunnel and towards the dressing room after he was booed off following his dismissal.

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However, Kohli then turned around and appeared to stare at a section of the fans before an ICC official helped move him back down the tunnel.

The scenes crossed the line in the eyes of Indian great Sunil Gavaskar.

“Yeah, I thought that that was really uncalled for,” Gavaskar said on Channel 7 about the crowd booing the former captain.

“Like you said, he has been a great player and, look, he is out now and for you to boo him, the question that I always ask is what have you done in your own life that you feel that you have the authority to boo an achiever like that?

“Have you achieved something in your own life that you can look down upon someone like Kohli?

“I don’t think that should be the case. That should never, ever have been a situation that Kohli should have been booed. Even when he came out to bat, I can understand a little bit of fun element, but this was completely uncalled for.”

At this stage it is unclear what prompted Kohli to walk back towards the fans, while Cricket Australia and the Melbourne Cricket Club are yet to receive a complaint from the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Virat Kohli was not happy.

It comes after a drama-filled Test involving the Indian superstar, who drew the ire of MCG spectators after bumping Sam Konstas on Boxing Day.

Kohli was fined 20 per cent of his match fees and docked one demerit point for the incident.

Kohli was then involved in another critical moment on Saturday when Indian sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed following a calamitous mix-up that led to his run out.

Steve Smith, who was the hero for Australia on Day 2 with his second century in as many Test, was diplomatic when asked about the incident in his post-play press conference.

“It looks like Jaiswal called ‘yes’ and ran and Virat sent him back. It is as simple as that,” Smith said.

“It was obviously a really good partnership to break that one and then obviously get two more wickets. It was a huge last hour for us, so, yeah, that was a big play in the context of the day, I suppose.”

Nathan Lyon though put the blame squarely on Kohli for the mix-up with a hilarious sledge.

“It was probably one of the best barbecues I’ve seen, to be honest with you,” Lyon said on ABC Radio.

“It came out of the blue. They were doing it pretty easy out there … pressure does funny things. Silly run-outs are coach killers, aren’t they? It was pretty special.”

Aussie cricket commentator Rudi Edsall also pointed the blame at Kohli.

“That’s really poor cricket from Virat,” he wrote on X.

“Burnt their best bat of the series who makes monster tons for fun to look after himself and then gets out an over later.

“Now a period of Indian control turns into a complete shambles. Terrible five minutes for him.”

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