Ahead of the fourth Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 Test in Melbourne, Virat Kohli was involved in a controversial incident at the Melbourne airport when he arrived with his wife Anushka Sharma and their children. After Kohli confronted a local journalist for taking pictures without asking, another senior journalist criticized the player.
Tony Jones, a reporter from 9 Sports, has accused the former India skipper of intimidating the journalist at the airport after the media faced severe backlash.
He added that Virat Kohli is a star identity and attacked him for taking offense at being focused on by the cameras. He further criticized Kohli for getting into an argument with the female reporter at the airport.
He went to the extent of calling Virat Kohli a ‘bully’ for his behavior with the reporter at the Melbourne airport.
The fourth BGT 2024-25 Test will be played in Melbourne, for which Virat Kohli arrived at the Melbourne airport recently with his family.
The Australian media present at the airport shifted their focus towards him. Virat asked for privacy as he was with his family, particularly his children, and did not like being filmed without permission.
The Australian media later clarified that they were interviewing Scott Boland and happened to turn their cameras when Virat arrived (it all being a misunderstanding). However, it did not go down well with the former Indian skipper at the airport, as he was seen in an argument with an Australian reporter over being filmed without his permission.
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