A journalist from Australia’s Channel 7 captured a video of the family, which angered Kohli, according to local media. The cricketer was particularly upset about the intrusion into his family’s privacy. He approached the journalist, requesting to view the pictures and videos taken. Kohli then asked her to delete any images or footage of his family, while allowing her to retain any of him alone.
Under Australian law, there are no restrictions on photographing or filming celebrities in public places, which likely complicated the matter.
“With my kids, I need some privacy. You can’t film without asking me,” he told the media at the airport.
Notably, Virat Kohli had asked the paps not to click photos of his family at the Mumbai airport when he departed for Australia before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Virat Kohli did not travel with the rest of the team from Brisbane to Melbourne. The former captain accompanied his family during the trip ahead of the fourth Test, starting December 26 in Melbourne.
Notably, Kohli and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah have been travelling separately with their families between cities in Australia. Kohli and Bumrah shared a chartered plane from Adelaide to Brisbane ahead of the third Test, which ended on Wednesday.
Virat Kohli has not been in the best of forms with the bat in the much-talked-about Test series. Kohli hit a hundred in the second innings of the series opener in Perth, but he hasn’t lived up to the hype in the first three Tests. Kohli has managed just 126 runs in six innings at an average of 30. Barring the hundred, Kohli has scored 26 runs across five innings.
Kohli has been struggling to control his urge to poke at deliveries bowled wide outside the off-stump — a plan that Australia have executed well to trouble the Indian batting star.
Kohli will look to return to his best in Melbourne. Team India need their star batter to step up and deliver in the evenly-contest Test series.
India managed to deny Australia a win at the Gabba in the third Test. Despite conceding a 185-run first innings lead, India avoided a defeat, thanks to the wet weather in Brisbane.
India will look to take confidence from their recent record in Melbourne. The Asian giants have won their last two Boxing Day Tests and drew the one in 2014.