Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has defended Virat’s shoulder-shove to Australian player Sam Constas in the Melbourne Test. Clarke said in the Beyond23 Cricket podcast that Sam was not respecting the world’s best fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. He was playing a lot of shots on his ball. Virat was disappointed by this. This is why his behavior towards Sam would be so. Whatever Kohli did, he did it for the team. Virat is not a bad person. I am sure he must have talked to Sam after the game. Constas scored 60 runs off 65 balls with the help of six fours and two sixes. He was dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja. Australia won a spectacular victory of 184 runs and took a 2-1 lead in the series. What was the incident? During the Melbourne Test, there was a clash between Virat and Sam Constas on the first day. Actually, after the end of the 10th over, during the fielding change, Virat pushed debutant Sam Constas with his shoulder. After this, there was an argument between the two. After this, the International Cricket Council (ICC) also fined Virat 20 percent of his match fee. Kohli met Constas’ family Virat Kohli also spoke to Sam Constas after the match ended. On January 1, Team India also met Australian PM Anthony Albanese. The Australian team and Constas’ family were also present here. Both brothers of Constas also came to take photos with Virat, Virat also got photos taken with their parents. Constas himself has told in an interview that Virat Kohli is his favorite player. Clarke called Nitish the discovery of Team India Clarke praised Nitish Reddy, who scored 114 runs in the first innings of this match. He said that Nitish is the discovery of Team India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Reddy has made his Test debut from BGT itself. Clarke predicted a draw in the Sydney Test Clarke predicted a draw in the last match of BGT to be held in Sydney. He said that in this match, Usman Khawaja from Australia’s side and Virat Kohli from India’s side will be successful in scoring a century. At the same time, Jaspreet Bumrah from Team India and Nathan Lyon from Australia’s side will be successful in taking the maximum number of wickets for their respective teams. ————————- Read this sports news too… Melbourne Test – Australia beat India by 184 runs: Ahead 2-1 in the series, Jaiswal scored the highest 84 runs. Indian team has lost the fourth test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia by 184 runs. After this defeat, the team is trailing 1-2 in the 5 match series. The last match will be played in Sydney from January 3. Read full news…
