Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is often in the news for his batting prowess. While veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah is clearly in awe of Kohli's on-field game, the actor is clearly not impressed with the cricketer's antics off-field.
Taking to his Facebook page, Shah recently made a reference to Kohli's "move out of India" remark and called him the world's "worst behaved player."
Shah wrote: "Virat K is not only the worlds best batsman but also the worlds worst behaved player. His cricketing brilliance pales beside his arrogance and bad manners.. And I have no intention of leaving the country by the way."
Kohli made the "move out of India" remark while reacting to mean comments and tweets on his social media platforms.
One of the comments on Instagram, read, “Over-rated batsman. Personally, I see nothing special in his batting. I enjoy watching English and Australian batsmen more than these Indians.”
Responding to the comment, Kohli said: “Okay, I don’t think you should live in India then... you should go and live somewhere else no. Why are you living in our country and loving other countries? I don’t mind you not liking me but I don’t think you should live in our country and like other things. Get your priorities right.”
Kohli is currently in the news for his war of words with Australia's Tim Paine.
However, the two on Tuesday played down their heated exchanges, telling the media it was all part of the game.
"As long as there is no swearing the line doesn't get crossed," he said, according to AFP. "And no personal attacks."
Kohli described the exchanges as competitive "banter".
"Stump mics and cameras... these things are totally irrelevant," he said. "It stays on the field."
Paine echoed similar sentiments, saying his sparring with Kohli did not get out of hand.
"It was a highly competitive Test match from both teams and there was a lot on the line, with both teams desperately wanting to win," Paine said.
"It (Kohli's behaviour) was not (worrying) to me, I love it and I'm sure it was great to watch."
Sagar Arya
Irvine Iqbal
