IND vs AUS: Who is saying Virat Kohli was taken lightly? Sunil Gavaskar scolded Ricky Ponting

Cricket News Desk. India's great batsman Sunil Gavaskar claimed that Virat Kohli was not given any special treatment, but some former Australian players believe that the incident of assault on Boxing Day Test debutant Sam Constas was taken lightly. Went. There was an on-field clash between Kohli and Test debutant Sam Constas on the first day of the fourth Test on Thursday, for which the Indian cricketer was fined 20 per cent of his match fee and one demerit point was added to his account.

However, 19-year-old Constas said after the end of the first day's play that Kohli had not intentionally collided with him. He said, 'Virat Kohli accidentally collided with me. This is cricket and it happens under stress. The match was the talk of the town on Friday and Gavaskar criticized the Australian media for using harsh words against Kohli. Australian media demanded strict punishment for Kohli.

Gavaskar rejected these claims and said, 'You cannot hang a person for picking his pockets.' A. All players are highly paid professionals. In such a situation any amount may seem small. You can say that punishment can be given based on what we see and feel but this is the maximum punishment prescribed by the ICC.

He said, 'It is not that any favor has been done to him. If his punishment had been 10 per cent less then you could have said that the Australian media has been criticized. Gavaskar said, 'Australian media works like the 12th or 13th player for their team, targeting them and saying that Kohli Is being punished for a trivial matter. Therefore, he should be given the death penalty and he was spared because his status was very high. Is.

However, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes that Kohli was given less punishment. Ponting said on 'Channel 7', 'Personally I don't think the punishment was that harsh. He said that there are many such examples, things have happened in the past and they have usually been right by 15-25 per cent, but this was the biggest incident. “It was the most watched day of cricket all year,” he said. , Imagine what would be the outcome if it happened at this level? I think people will find it almost acceptable now.