The fourth test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia started in a very explosive manner. On the very first day of the match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Boxing Day, there was a fierce competition between the two teams, where a young batsman and an experienced star gained the most attention. 19 year old opener Sam Constants, who was making his debut for Australia, surprised everyone and scored a tremendous half-century. At the same time, star Indian batsman Virat Kohli increased the heat in the atmosphere by hitting Constus unnecessarily. Since then, Kohli has been constantly on everyone's target but Constant himself believes that it is not Virat Kohli's fault because he did not do this intentionally.

The fourth match of the series started in Melbourne from Thursday 26 December. Everyone's eyes were on how young Sam Constants would face star Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah in his very first match, who had already troubled every Australian batsman in this series. However, this did not affect Constas and he targeted Bumrah fiercely. Also scored runs on other bowlers and scored an excellent half-century.

Kohli hit forcefully

When Constants was troubling the Indian team with his batting, after one over, Kohli deliberately hit him on the shoulder. What happened next, Constants also collided with him and started questioning Kohli's actions. However, then Australia's Usman Khawaja and the umpire also intervened and brought the situation on the field under control. After this act, the entire Australian media, commentators and fans are attacking Kohli and criticizing him. The match referee also took cognizance of Kohli's action and punished him by deducting 20 percent of his match fee and giving him one demerit point.

What did the young batsman say on the collision?

Constas, on the other hand, has not given much importance to this matter. Talking to the broadcaster after the end of his innings, the young batsman said that there is a flow of emotions in cricket, hence the talks on the field remain on the field. At the same time, in the press conference after the end of the day's play, he not only refused to blame Kohli, but instead defended him. Constas said, “I was adjusting my gloves and maybe they accidentally came and bumped into me. I think all this happens in cricket. We both got carried away with emotions.”

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Constus is a fan of Kohli

The special thing is that Constants has been a big fan of Kohli since the beginning and considers him his idol. Just a few days ago, when Constance had scored his first century in first class cricket, he had said that getting congratulatory messages from just 3 people would be like a dream come true for him. Of these three people, one was his father, the second was Constance mentor Shane Watson and the third name he took was Kohli. Not only this, he also described Kohli as his favorite batsman. In such a situation, this kind of behavior of the star batsman must have been shocking for Constants also.