IND vs AUS: The fourth match of the five-match Test series between India and Australia is being played in Melbourne. In this match, Australia decided to bat first and by the end of the first day’s play, they scored 311 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. During this match, Team India’s star player Virat Kohli was seen clashing with Australia’s young batsman Sam Constas. Virat Kohli has now had to pay a heavy price for doing this. According to the ICC report, Virat Kohli has now been fined 20% of the match fee. He has also been given a demerit point. This is Kohli’s first demerit point in the last 24 months. In such a situation, he will not suffer any major loss.
what is the whole matter
After the 10th over of the Australian innings, when the players were going towards the other end, Kohli, who was also holding the ball, was coming out of the pitch, during this time the shoulder of Sam Constas coming from the other side collided with Kohli’s shoulder. Although Kohli moved forward after the shoulder hit, but during this time Sam said something to him, then Kohli replied back, in which a lot of commotion was seen between the two and in such a situation the umpire had to come forward to intervene. Sam looked very aggressive during his batting in which he was constantly gesturing to the fans present in the MCG.
Konstas played a brilliant innings
Sam Constas, who is making his international debut for Australia, was in great form in this match against India. He scored 60 runs in his debut match itself. During this entire series, the Australian top order disappointed a lot, but Constas decided in this match that he would give his team a good and fast start. Due to which he played a brilliant innings in this match and added 89 runs for the first wicket with Usman Khawaja.