Indian veteran player Virat Kohli visited Australia for the first time in the year 2012. Kohli was in the headlines for something more than his game during the tour. During a match, he did such an act due to which he was on the front page of newspapers. Playing in Australia is never easy, especially when the fans and media are always in the mood to verbally attack a cricketer.

Virat Kohli was touring Australia for the first time, but even then the fans did not show any mercy on him. During a match, Virat got very upset with the comments of the fans, the fans were saying bad things about his mother and sister. Kohli then got angry and pointed the middle finger towards the fans, which created a ruckus.

Match referee threw newspaper in front of me- Virat Kohli

The Australian media published this incident on the front page of the newspaper the next day. Virat Kohli was then called by the match referee Ranjan Madugalle. Kohli told the match referee that it was just a joke and he also pleaded not to ban him.

Recalling the incident, Virat Kohli said in an interview given to Wisden,

Yes, one thing I remember the most is when I was fed up with the Australian fans in Sydney and I just decided to show them the finger. The match referee called me to his room the next day and I was like, ‘What happened?’. He asked, ‘What happened on the boundary yesterday?’. I said, ‘Nothing, it was just some fun’. Then he threw a newspaper in front of me and there was a big picture of me on the front page and I said, ‘I am sorry, please don’t ban me.

Match referee Ranjan Madugalle understood that Virat is young and he made a mistake in his enthusiasm. That is why he did not take any strict action against Virat.