Different rules for India? Kohli gets away with same thing that cost Australia five runs at the SCG

A former Australian opener has been left scratching his head after Indian skipper Virat Kohli somehow wasn’t pulled up the umpire.

Virat Kohli running down middle of pitch

Former Australia opener Michael Slater has been left perplexed after Virat Kohli got away with running down the centre of the wicket twice in two overs.

Kohli appeared to run through the danger area in the 42nd and 43rd over but on neither occasion was spoken to by the umpires, though his Indian teammate Ravindra Jadeja was given a warning for the same offence in the 47th over.

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Australia was hit with a five-run penalty in the third Test against New Zealand this summer after Marnus Labuschagne was hit with a warning and then David Warner was deemed to have reoffended chasing a quick single on a pitch that was deteriorating quickly.

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“Just seeing how he navigates the two, for me that is very much on the pitch, and that is definitely on the pitch”, Slater said in commentary of a quick two Kohli picked up against Ashton Agar in the 42nd over.

“If I’m an umpire I’m watching that and I’m just telling him to get off a surface that the opposition have got to bat on later.”

Kohli was spotted running down the centre of the wicket again in the next over from Kane Richardson, and Slater implored the onfield umpires to rein the Indian skipper in.

“It’s as though they’re not aware of it. The third umpire should be taking note and just sending a message.”

Originally published as Different rules for India? Kohli gets away with same thing that cost Australia five runs at the SCG