Indian captain Virat Kohli on Thursday said stated that his friendship with the whole Australian team is not finished and is “blown out of proportion” but he still has good terms with few cricketers in the team.
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At the end of the enthralling four-match series, which India won 2-1 following victory in the Dharamsala Test, Kohli had said that his views on friendship with the Australians have changed. “No, it has changed for sure. I thought that was the case but it has changed for sure. As I said in the heat of the battle, you want to be competitive but yeah I have been proven wrong. The thing I said before the first Test, I have certainly been proven wrong and you won’t hear me say that ever again,” Kohli had said.
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However, the young captain, in a series of tweets, clarified that his comment was not meant for the entire Australian team. “My answer at the post-match conference has been blown way out of proportion. I did not categorically say the whole Australian team but….,” read the first tweet.
1/2 My answer at the post match conference has been blown way out of proportion. I did not categorically say the whole Australian team but
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) March 30, 2017
“Only a couple of individuals. I continue to be in good terms with the few guys I know & who I’ve played with at RCB & that doesn’t change,” he wrote in his second tweet.
2/2only a couple of individuals.I continue to be in good terms with the few guys I know & who I’ve played with at RCB & that doesn’t change.
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) March 30, 2017
The series was mired in controversies with one following another. It all started when Australian captain Steve Smith took dressing room help in taking a DRS call and Kohli stopped short of calling him a cheat.
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Kohli was also attacked by the rival players and Australian media, which likened him to U.S. President Donald Trump. Cricket Australia also jumped into the controversy when its CEO James Sutherland said Kohli perhaps does not know how to spell the word sorry.