{"id":68493,"date":"2019-06-11T04:33:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T18:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=68493"},"modified":"2019-06-11T04:33:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T18:33:41","slug":"virat-kohli-praised-for-defending-steve-smith-from-crowds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/virat-kohli-praised-for-defending-steve-smith-from-crowds\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli praised for defending Steve Smith from crowds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Online<br \/>\nLONDON<br \/>\nIndia cricket captain Virat Kohli is winning hearts for his gesture defending Australian player Steve Smith, after he was booed by Indian fans during Sunday\u2019s match.<br \/>\nKohli, who was batting as Smith fielded in the deep, walked towards the Indian crowd and motioned for them to applaud instead of booing him.<br \/>\nSpeaking after the match Kohli said he had also apologised to Smith.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat has happened is in the past, I felt bad for him,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve had issues in the past, we have had arguments on the field. But you don\u2019t want to see a guy feeling that heat every time he goes out to play,\u201d the India captain added.<br \/>\nSmith is back in the Australian side after a year\u2019s suspension for ball-tampering. It is that incident that has provoked crowds into heckling him.<br \/>\nA clip of the on field incident tweeted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) has been retweeted more than 21,000 times.<br \/>\nThe incident has caused the hashtag #SpiritOfCricket to trend on Twitter in India with many praising Kohli and hitting out at those who call him \u201carrogant\u201d. And the praise was not limited to just Indian fans.<br \/>\nSteve Smith has not commented on the incident.<br \/>\nHe has had a good World Cup. He scored 69 in Sunday\u2019s match and 73 in his previous game against the West Indies. The Sydney Morning Herald however, was appreciative. It said that \u201cKohli, often seen as the villain when playing Australia, demonstrated a show of friendship\u201d in the game but added that it would remain to be seen if Kohli\u2019s message filtered through to the rest of the cricketing world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online LONDON India cricket captain Virat Kohli is winning hearts for his gesture defending Australian player Steve Smith, after he was booed by Indian fans during Sunday\u2019s match. Kohli, who was batting as Smith fielded in the deep, walked towards the Indian crowd and motioned for them to applaud instead of booing him. 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