Australian media calls Virat Kohli a “bully” for his argument with a reporter at an airport

On Thursday, when Virat Kohli landed in Melbourne for the fourth Test, he seemed to argue with a reporter at the airport.

On Thursday, after landing in Melbourne for the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series with his wife, Anushka Sharma, and their children, Virat Kohli seemed to argue with a reporter at the airport. He was then called a “bully” by the Australian media over his recent argument with a female Australian journalist.

Virat Kohli seemingly argued with an Australian journalist.

Kohli had notably urged Indian media against clicking pictures of his son and daughter. However, the rule doesn’t apply in Australia, where celebrities are allowed to be filmed and photographed without any restrictions. Hence, when he arrived in Melbourne, a journalist from Australia’s Channel 7 captured a clip of the Indian cricketer with his family, which left him upset. He then approached the reporter and urged her to delete or take down the images and videos taken of his family but allowed her to retain any of him alone.

Nine Sports reporter attacked Virat Kohli, calling him a bully.

Tony Jones, a Nine Sports reporter, showed no mercy on Kohli, labeled the Indian cricketer as a “bully” and lambasted him for “breathing” the Channel 7 reporter at the Melbourne airport. He said, “Nat was out there with a cameraman, a Channel 7 reporter was out there with his cameraman and they were doing what we do on a daily basis essentially, and that’s be at the airport to actually get identities, whether they’re politicians, whether they’re sporting identities or whatever. He took umbrage, he being Virat Kohli, to the fact the cameras were focused on him. Well duh! You’re a batting superstar, you’re a global superstar in the world of cricket, and he takes umbrage to the fact that the attention is focused on him. What really got my back up when I saw the footage was that he turned around to the three blokes, the two cameramen, and the reporter from Channel 7, and said you guys are OK, it’s her. Really? Big tough man, Virat. And then he stood over this girl, Nat Yoannidis, who’s about five foot one, five foot two, and just absolutely berated her. You’re nothing but a bully, Virat.”