Virat Kohli Slapped With Fine For Heated Exchange With Australia's Sam Konstas In Boxing Day Test

Virat Kohli has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee in the India vs Australia 4th Test in Melbourne after a shoulder barge incident with debutant Sam Konstas

Virat Kohli, former India captain, has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee in the India vs Australia 4th Test in Melbourne after a shoulder barge incident with debutant Sam Konstas on Thursday, sources told NDTV. The incident happened after the completion of the 10th over of the Australian innings when the players were crossing over. Kohli and Konstas bumped shoulders while moving across the pitch. Both players quickly turned around to glance at each other and engage in a heated exchange of words with Konstas' teammate Usman Khawaja stepping in to separate them.

The on-field umpires also had a word with the two. "Virat Kohli has been slapped with a Level 1 offence. He has been fined 20 per cent of the match fees," a source told NDTV.

Speaking to reporters after Stumps on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test, Konstas said Kohli bumped into him and it wasn't deliberate.

"Virat Kohli accidentally bumped into me, that's cricket and can happen with tension," said the teenager. "I think the emotions got to both of us," Konstas had told 'Channel 7' during the second session.