Stokes reprimanded by ICC

The British media’s “no love lost” attitude towards Virat Kohli was evident once again as they tried to ask questions about Indian captain’s exchange of words with Ben Stokes after the latter’s dismissal but performer of the day Jonny Bairstow was in mood to fan the fire.

India’s Skipper and Test Captain Virat Kohli revealed how master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has helped him to overcome the toughest period in his career.

Kohli made his Test debut in 2011 and impressed in subsequent series against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

As per ICC regulations on ball tampering, if a team wants to lodge a complaint about ball tampering by a rival team or its player, it has to be done within five days of the completion of the Test match. He spent time with me.

‘I never had a forward press but he told me you should go forward to a fast bowler like you would defend a spinner.

“If a guy is chewing gum or you chuck a couple of jelly beans in your mouth at drinks and happen to shine the ball in next over, that should be acceptable”.

‘We ended up speaking a lot during that phase.

There have been moments when in their desperate bid to get Alastair Cook out, Indians experienced the heartbreak and learnt a lesson or two on “who all should have a say in calling for such replays”? Then I spoke to him about preparation’.

“It’s a challenge to repeat the same things the team has been doing for a while but I think that is what professional cricketers are picked to do. “If was doing something ICC would have spoken to me”, he finished it off then and there”. Du Plessis played his finest Test knock as he scored a hundred amidst boos from the crowd on the first day of the Day/Night Test at Adelaide. As far as I am concerned, neither the umpire nor the match referee ever came to us talking about it. Bairstow, though, was convinced of the value of the review and he was vindicated when the ball was shown to be hitting leg stump.

Vizag: After wrapping up India for just above 204 and getting almost a day-and-a-half to bat to survive the match, Alastair Cook and H Hammed showed up brilliant resistance and fight back.