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Cricket Players'You can't act like that': Vaughan wants Kohli to be 'fined' and 'suspended' for DRS outburst, says 'ICC must step in'
Kohli's burst was over opposition skipper Dean Elgar getting a reprieve due to a contentious DRS decision in Cape Town.
Virat Kohli doesn't hold back from showing his emotions on the field and the world witnessed another episode of the Indian Test skipper's on-field outburst. Kohli was caught making unsavoury comments about umpiring and technology in stump mic on Day 3 of the third and final Test against South Africa at Cape Town.
The 33-year-old Kohli's burst was over opposition skipper Dean Elgar getting a reprieve due to a contentious DRS decision. Elgar was batting on 22 as R Ashwin hit his pads with a tossed up delivery, which looked plumb to naked eyes. But ball-tracking showed the delivery gaining some bounce and going above the stumps, leaving the Indian camp including skipper Kohli puzzled over the technology.
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Livid with the DRS decision, a visibly irked Kohli went up to the stumps and said: "Focus on your team as well when they shine the ball eh, not just the opposition. Trying to catch people all the time." Rahul and Ashwin also expressed similar reactions. "It's the whole country against 11 guys," said KL Rahul, while Ashwin slammed the broadcaster: "You should find better ways to win, SuperSport."
Kohli's comments didn't go down well with many former players including former England skipper Michael Vaughan, who said the ICC should also take note of the incident.
"You can't act like that whether you're frustrated or not. We all have our moments on the field where we think something is going against you. You absolutely have the right to feel frustrated as you're a human being. But when you act like that as a captain and a leader of our game, the ICC have to step in. They can't allow that to happen. He needs to be fined.. potentially be suspended," Vaughan said on Fox Sports coverage of the Ashes.
"Decisions go with you, they go against you, that didn't go the way they think it should have gone. Virat Kohli is a legend of the game, but that's not the way to act, that is not the way to act in a game of Test match cricket. The ICC have to stamp this down, they have to stamp down on the Indian side, you can't get away with talking down the stump microphone like Ravi Ashwin has done and the Indian captain has done," he further added.
Spin great Shane Warne hinted at the possibility of the ball hitting the woodwork but Vaughan stuck to his stance on Kohli's on-field antics. "That's going on to smash halfway up middle though, there is no way that's going over, even Erasmus shook his head," Warne said. “Virat can't act like that Warnie," Vaughan said in reply.
