Indian legend Virat Kohli loses cool in heated exchange at airport ahead of Boxing Day Test
Indian legend Virat Kohli has lashed out at the media on his arrival in Melbourne ahead of next week’s Boxing Day Test.
Channel 7 cameras captured Kohli in a heated exchange with a TV journalist at Melbourne Airport.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Kohli involved in fiery exchange.
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Kohli appeared to be upset by the presence of cameras directed at his family.
Channel 7 reporter Theo Doropoulos shed more light on the situation.
“It was upon seeing the waiting cameras that Kohli became a little heated over what is largely a misunderstanding when he thought the media was filming him with his children,” he said on 7NEWS.
Kohli then made his position clear.
“With my kids I need some privacy, you can’t film without asking me,” he can be heard saying.
But that’s not true, Kohli can be filmed freely given he was in a public place.
He did take a minute to clear the air with media once it was explained his kids in fact weren’t being filmed and even shook the Channel 7 cameraman’s hand.
Kohlihas struggled for form in recent years, but did making a fighting century in the first Test in Perth.
However, his four other bats have combined for a total of just 26 runs.
The Border-Gavaskar series is delicately poised at 1-1 after the third Test in Brisbane was a draw.
The crucial fourth Test begins on Boxing Day at the MCG before the gripping series heads to Sydney for the final Test.
Originally published on 7NEWS Sport
