On-field spat turns ugly! Virat Kohli virtually calls Steve Smith a 'cheat'

Australian captain Steve Smith C vice captain David Warner 2L and the Indian team wait for the third umpires decision on Australian David Warners appeal for his LBW dismissal during the fourth day of the second Test match between India and Australia at The M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday PicAFPBengaluru Indian captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday stirred up a major controversy by virtually accusing the Australian captain Steve Smith of cheating in the usage of DRS flaring up the tensions between the two sidesWe have been inconsistent with the DRS but we take our decisions on the field we dont ask for confirmation from the dressing room a sarcastic Kohli let it rip after Indias 75run win in the second TestUmesh Yadav celebrates the wicket of Steve Smith during the fourth day of the second test match between India and Australia at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday PTII have seen it twice while batting I have seen their players looking upstairs dressing room I told the umpires this had to stop I dont want to mention the word but it falls in that bracket I would never do something like that on the cricket field he addedIndias captain Virat Kohli with Australias captain Steven Smith PicAFPAsked if he was accusing the Australian team of cheating Kohli retorted I have not said that eitherIt was the 21st over of the Australian second innings which collapsed to 112Smith was trapped LBW by pacer Umesh Yadav and having already blown a DRS call involving David Warner the Australians were in a fix on whether to go for another referralSmith first turned to the nonstrikers end to seek an opinion within the mandated 15 seconds But sparks flew when the umpires noticed that the batsman had turned towards the dressing room as well to get a clueThe onfield officials immediately intervened to stop Smith but matters came to a head when Kohli too joined the discussion leading to an exchange between him and the rival captainRules pertaining to the usage of DRS clearly state that signals from dressing room must not be givenIn the postmatch press conference Smith sought to douse the fire calling his actions a brain fade and something he shouldnt have doneAustralian captain Steve Smith walks back to the pavilion after his dismissal for 28 runs during the fourth day of the second Test match between India and Australia at The M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on March 7 2017 AFPBut Kohli was in no mood to relent and claimed that this was not the first time the Australians had sought dressing room instructions on DRS calls I can only say if it happens more than twice its not brain fade he saidSmith and Kohli had a brief but chargedup exchange of words before the former walked back to the pavillion Smith played down that exchange as well calling it just banterKohli was spoken to by the umpires after Smiths departureALSO READ2nd Test Tempers flare as Virat KohliSteve Smith showdown continuesWatch the video of the incident hereThe two captains have had their fair share of runins during the series frequently exchanging barbs on the groundVirat Kohlis press conference is a mustwatch httpstco1eaM9vOvpe INDvAUS pictwittercom4zszJHubNNmdash cricketcomau Video CricketVideo March 7 2017India versus Australia Test matches have never been shortof controversies with one dating back to 1981The famous victory at MCG was marred by a controversywhen Sunil Gavaskar had staged a walkout after being adjudgedlegbefore to a Dennis Lillee delivery It was a remark by Lillee that led to a furious Gavaskarforcing his opening partner Chetan Chauhan to walk out with himThe tied Test in Madras in 1986 saw umpire V Vikramrajusleg before decision off Greg Matthews to Maninder Singhquestioned by members of the Indian team In fact one seniorIndia player had gone to the umpires room to give Vijram Rajuan earfulDuring the historic 2001 series Sourav Gangulyrepeatedly kept his opposite number Steve Waugh waiting forthe toss during all three Test matches something that did notgo down well with the Australian teamThe biggest of them all was the infamous Monkeygatescandal during 200708 series in Sydney involving HarbhajanSingh and Andrew SymondsSymonds had accused Harbhajan of calling him monkeywhich is considered a racial abuse Down Under An enquirycommission was set up where Harbhajan was acquitted of chargesmade by the Australian cricket teamThe match was marred by debatable umpiring decisions and erstwhile skipper Anil Kumbles now iconic quote Only one team played in spirit of the gameKumble was applauded by the Indian media contingent whothen engaged in a war of words with the then Aussie skipperRicky PontingNot to forget Zaheer Khan taking a sly dig at RickyPonting in Mohali in 2010 after running him out Zaheer justcalled him Usain Bolt before Ponting came back to have aword with him