Melbourne: James Faulkner's attempt to engage India's Virat Kohli in a war of words during the third ODI here backfired on the Australian paceman as the star batsman emphatically told him to just keep bowling as "I have smashed you enough in my life".


James Faulkner

Kohli, who became the fastest to reach 7000 ODI runs and 24 centuries en route a run-a-ball 117 in a losing cause at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday, was batting on 73 when Faulkner tried to rile up the batsman.