Virat Kohli undermining umpires; thinks he runs the game, says David Lloyd

 

India captain Virat Kohli is known for his straight forward answers off the field and recently he came in the news for his comments regarding the umpires’ call during the five-match T20I series against England.

However, this didn’t go down well with the former England cricketer David Lloyd who has taken a jibe to the Indian captain for his stand on ‘Umpire’s Call.’ He said that Kohli is undermining the authorities of the match officials which also included the umpires because of his aggressive nature on the field. He again added that Kohli is ‘disrespecting, pressuring’ the umpires on this issue as well.

“Kohli also suggested England were pressuring umpires to give the ‘soft signal’ as out when Dawid Malan took a low catch in the fourth T20. Firstly, the soft signal is there to leave as much authority as possible with the on-field umpires. And I don’t know if England put pressure on Nitin Menon in Ahmedabad, but I do know one thing — Kohli has been pressuring, disrespecting and remonstrating with umpires throughout this tour,” Lloyd wrote in his column for Daily Mail.

Virat Kohli was also got into an altercation with England’s wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler in the fifth and final T20I game at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. And, the veteran didn’t take it in a good manner too as he believed Kohli didn’t do well by confronting an opposition player on the field. He wasn’t even happy as the International Cricket Council has taken no action against Kohli as well.

“Umpires are being increasingly undermined in international cricket and there are players who seem to think them, rather than the officials, are running the game. Take Virat Kohli. Before the first ODI the India captain said umpire’s call should be removed from the decision review system. Kohli does not seem to have taken the consequences into account. Umpires have to be given their authority back. They must be handed yellow and red cards to stamp that lost authority because they look powerless. And Kohli, who has vast responsibility and influence, should be very careful in what he says and does,” Lloyd again shared in his column.

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