Things heated up a bit in Birmingham earlier today when former Indian skipper Virat Kohli sledged England cricket team batter Jonny Bairstow while fielding in the slips region. Kohli had a war of words with Bairstow, which ended with the latter telling him to go back and field.
Bairstow came out to bat on Day 2 of the ongoing Test match between the Indian cricket team and the England cricket team. The entire cricket universe was talking about him since the last few days because of his fantastic batting performances in the ICC World Test Championship series against the New Zealand cricket team.
Speaking with Nasser Hussain in an interview with Daily Mail before the ICC World Test Championship match against the Indian cricket team, Bairstow had said:
“That fire is always in my belly. My appetite to play Test cricket for England will never cease and the passion, the will and the want are most definitely there. All I can say is that it’s nice to have the backing of everybody. If the opportunity arises again, I’d love to do it. I kept for a couple of sessions at Headingley and it was good fun.”
Video of Virat Kohli sledging Jonny Bairstow goes viral on Twitter, fans react
Sky Sports Cricket, the official broadcaster of the ICC World Test Championship match between the Indian cricket team and the England cricket team in the UK, shared a clip of Kohli having an argument with Jonny Bairstow at Edgbaston.
The video has gone viral on Twitter, gaining more than 100,000 views in no time. You can watch the video of the argument here, followed by some of the top Twitter reactions:
It's tense out there between Virat Kohli and Jonny Bairstow 😳#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/3lIZjERvDW
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) July 3, 2022
Kohli speaking from slips "Jonny Bairstow can see everything on the ground apart from the ball." .. Suddenly Bairstow moves towards Kohli… and says something to Kohli and again Kohli says to "Shutup, Just stand and bat" 😂🔥
— The Cricket Followers (@cricfollowers_1) July 3, 2022
Aggressive Kohli is back 🥵 #Kohli #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/461QF6keGJ
Virat Kohli and Jonny Bairstow words exchange – The banter start now. pic.twitter.com/fdnLALlWwt
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) July 3, 2022
Now sorted everything between Virat Kohli and Jonny Bairstow. pic.twitter.com/ojDchnB4aK
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) July 3, 2022
"Jonny Bairstow can see everything on the ground apart from the ball." – Virat Kohli
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) July 3, 2022
Virat Kohli sledging Jonny Bairstow.#ViratKohli #ENGvsIND#ENGvIND #INDvsENGpic.twitter.com/nXNahWOmVV
— Cricket Videos 🏏 (@Abdullah__Neaz) July 3, 2022
Vintage 💥
— Lazy doge (@208LAZYDOGE) July 3, 2022
— Abhi (@AbhiTomar349) July 3, 2022
Bairstow was 13 off 61 when he had a few words exchanged with Kohli.
— 🏏Flashscore Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric) July 3, 2022
He's now 63* off 89 – that's 50* off 28 since that incident!#ENGvIND | #INDvENG
