Perth
\nFormer Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson slammed India captain Virat Kohli, describing his behaviour as \u201cdisrespectful\u201d and \u201csilly\u201d during the second Test here. Kohli and Australia captain Tim Paine were involved in a series of heated exchanges, which at one point prompted umpire Chris Gaffaney to step in to dissolve the tension. However, once the second Test ended with Australia beating India by 146 runs, both the captains played down the issue, saying no line was crossed.<\/p>\n
But Johnson was extremely critical of Kohli\u2019s behaviour during the Test. \u201cAt the end of the match, you should be able to look each other in the eyes, shake hands and say \u2018great contest\u2019,\u201d he wrote in a column for Fox Sports. \u201cVirat Kohli could not do that with Tim Paine, shaking the Australian captain\u2019s hand but barely making eye contact with him. To me, that is disrespectful.<\/p>\n
\u201cKohli gets away with more than most cricketers simply because he is Virat Kohli and he gets placed on a pedestal but this Test left the Indian captain looking silly,\u201d he wrote.Johnson said that Kohli didn\u2019t keep his words after making pre-series claims that he won\u2019t initiate any confrontations. \u201cKohli has contradicted the things he said at the start of the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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