From the Herald Sun today:
VIRAT Kohli has saved his biggest disgrace for last as he pushed India’s victorious captain off centre stage and bitterly declared his ‘friendship’ with Australian players dead forever.
Despite being injured, Kohli donned the whites as soon as champagne corks were popping and in an extraordinary display of selfishness strode into the post-match press conference instead of series-winning captain Ajinkya Rahane to claim the glory.
Steve Smith asked Rahane if the teams would gather for a post-series drink and put explosive relations to one side.
The response was “I’ll get back to you”, but it appeared India had flatly denied the request that is considered tradition amongst Test teams.
Earlier in the series Kohli cast himself as the Donald Trump of world sport by branding the Australians systematic cheats and refusing to provide any evidence of his outrageous and damaging claims.
On Tuesday night he only reinforced his reputation as an egomaniac as he tried to write Rahane out of the history books and virtually accuse Australia of being responsible for the ugly breakdown in relations this tour.
This tour was the first test cricket I’ve watched in several years. I love the game but got jaded by the cookie-cut media tarts that we were producing in place of cricketers with grit.
Virat Kohli brought me back to the game by sticking it to us right where it hurt. By out-sledging the great sledgers of world cricket he exposed an Australian glass jaw, forcing our over-groomed and over-paid bores to show a little ticker.
Bring on the return series. I might even watch it.
