Watch video: Virat Kohli scolds Indian fans for booing Steve Smith

Team India were on top of their game against the current World Cup holders Australia on Sunday Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma gave India a 100 run opening stand after which Virat Kohli Hardik Pandya and Dhoni launched in the death overs Indian bowlers also did their job to eventually snatch a 36run win against their archrivalsBut in the midst of all this one gesture by Indian captain Virat Kohli has won hearts all over the worldDuring Virat Kohlis gritty 82run knock former Australian captain Steve Smith who was banned for a year from cricket for balltampering was fielding at the boundary in front of a vociferous Indian crowdThe Indian crowd was giving a hard time to Steve Smith by calling him a cheat and booing him while the play was onThis is what leadership amp sportsmanship looks like Indian captain imVkohli tells Indian fans to applaud Steve Smith rather than boo him pictwittercomcBZpjJZppJmdash Justin Stevens _JustinStevens_ June 10 2019This did not go down well with Virat Kohli and as soon as the over was done Virat Kohli walked towards the Indian fans and told them to stop booing him and applaud insteadA relieved Steve Smith was seen later thanking Virat Kohli for the gestureVirat Kohli later in the postmatch press conference said that It is unacceptable for the crowd to boo Steve SmithldquoIf I was in a position where something had happened with me and Irsquod apologised and accepted it and came back and still I would get booed I wouldnrsquot like it eitherrdquoViratKohli on why he asked the fans to stop booing Steve Smith CWC19 INDvAUS pictwittercomCIMicjoSA0mdash Cricket World Cup cricketworldcup June 9 2019Twitter was abuzz with Virat Kohlis golden gesture and this is how she reactedimVkohli The definition of gentle in the gentlemans game has changed over the years the image of the game has been tarnished over the past couple of decades However there have been moment when Virat kohli have stood up for what is right SteveSmith pictwittercomwIAsNB2Au2mdash Harshit Dhakre dhakre_harshit June 9 2019Hats off to ViratKohli ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0099u00c2u008fYesterday he gave another example of why cricket is a true gentleman game acircu00c2u009dcurreniumlcedilu00c2u008fethu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u008aProud of you bro for showing true sportsmanship ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0099u00c2u008fethu00c2u009fcurrenu00c2u0097ViratKohli on why he asked the fans to stop booing Steve Smith CWC19 INDvAUS pictwittercomT1meFJeDE8mdash Shashank Singh deshbhakt2663 June 10 2019What a Brilliant Gesture From ViratKohli Asks Indian Fans to Stop Booing Steve Smith amp Cheer For him True Sportsman spiritYou won a Million Hearts Today pictwittercomPmnM9CmqPymdash Praveen Praveen27586829 June 10 2019Tnq ViratKohli By SteveSmith Fansacircu00c2u009cu00c2u008ciumlcedilu00c2u008fCWC19 pictwittercomAxD3PXE2V1mdash MoHmeurod AregiF J30Kumar June 10 2019Australian Fans after Seeing Kohli supporting Smith ViratKohli SteveSmith pictwittercomEOFODqwqRZmdash NeeraJ AjeebPrani June 10 2019Virat Kohli on why he asked crowd to stop chanting at Steve SmithldquoHe didnrsquot do anything to be booed With so many Indians in the crowd I didnrsquot want them to set a bad example I asked sorry to him on behalf of the crowdRespect Indian captain ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0092u00c2u0099mdash Broken Cricket BrokenCricket June 9 2019I thought nothing will top ViratDhoni moment but this was the moment of the match for me Absolute class by Virat Kohli asking fans to clap for Steve Smith INDvAUS CWC19 pictwittercomYCimZ3viBSmdash Saurabh Boomrah_ June 9 2019Catch up on all the latest IPL News and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates