I am not sure if Kohli knows how to say 'Sorry', says Cricket Australia Boss James Sutherland
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Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland has taken a swipe at Virat Kohli by saying that he’s not sure if the Indian skipper knows how to spell the word ‘Sorry’, in response to a radio station asking him, if he thinks Kohli should apologize to Steve Smith for questioning the latter's integrity.
The Australians just can’t seem to stop talking about Virat Kohli. After a few Australian newspapers, Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland is the latest one to take a dig at Kohli.
Sutherland was being interviewed by a radio station Down Under and was asked if he thought Kohli should say ‘Sorry’ to his counterpart Smith for questioning his integrity after the second Test in Bangalore of the ongoing series. In response to this Sutherland replied, "Look I am not sure he knows how to spell the word."
Kohli had stopped just short of calling Smith a cheat after the latter sought his dressing room advice regarding a DRS call. This incident created a major stir between the two countries. Sutherland had labeled Kohli’s “cheating” claims as outrageous before the two respective cricketing boards called a truce on the matter. The ongoing series has been marred by one controversy after the other and Sutherland hopes that both teams will put their differences to rest after the fourth and final Test in Dharamsala, which begins on Saturday.
He said, "After the end of this long and cut-throat series, let's hope the boys from both teams get together and have a bit of a laugh. I know they are going to spend a lot of time together in the IPL, so I am sure if it doesn't happen after Dharamsala Test, it will happen during the IPL."
Though Kohli was in the form of his life before coming into the ongoing series, he hasn’t delivered with the bat yet and this has led to some severe criticism from certain sections of the Australian media, most recently calling him the ‘Donald Trump of the sporting world’.
Along with the media, some former players including the likes of Ian Healy and Mitchell Johnson have also had a go at Kohli during the series and this prompted former Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar to label the Aussie media ‘an extension of their cricket team’s support staff’.
On the eve of the third Test, Gavaskar was quoted by NDTV as saying, "We should not bother too much about the Australian media and what they write as they are an extension of their cricket team's support staff. The focus now should shift to cricket from off-the-field issues."
