We are aware of FOX Sports Australia, a sports network, conducted a Facebook live poll that contested for the title, ‘Vettel (villain) of the week’. That’s right! It listed Virat Kohli among animals like a panda, a puppy and a kitten!
Skip to another Oz publication, The Daily Telegraph that not only branded the skipper of the Indian cricket team as ‘dictatorial’ but describing him as Donald Trump of world sport. This criticism of Kohli not just a drew a strong response from Indian cricket fans but also Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
“Virat Kohli has become the Donald Trump of world sport. Just like President Trump, Kohli decided to blame the media as a means of trying to hide the egg smeared right across his face,” read an article in the Daily Telegraph. ‘Virat Kohli has become the Donald Trump of world sport’ was the opening line of a Daily Telegraph report on Tuesday.
“Test captains, under the rules of the game, are supposed to be the flag-bearers for upholding the spirit of the game, yet the ICC has allowed the Indian captain to destroy one of the foundations on which the game has been played for more than a century,” the article said.
“The fact Kohli has not been sanctioned for calling the Australians systematic cheats or his latest unfounded attack on Smith shows that he is completely untouchable. The ICC won’t fine him. Not even the BCCI, who through their broadcaster apologized to Smith, can get their skipper to tow the party line,” it said.
Indian cinema great Amitabh Bachchan gave a witty reply to Australian media on comparing Kohli with Trump. Have a look at his tweet.
T 2471 – Aussi media calls Virat, Donald Trump of sports !! … thank you Aussi media for accepting that he is a winner and the PRESIDENT !! pic.twitter.com/ZOoNtuhtC2
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 21, 2017
Kohli-led India are currently tied 1-1 in a Test series with Australia, with the fourth and last Test set to begin on Saturday in Dharamsala.