Virender Sehwag slams British media for accusing Virat Kohli of ball tampering

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Virender Sehwag. (Photo by Jasjeet Plaha/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

The former swashbuckling opener from Najafgarh, Virender Sehwag slammed the British media for accusing Virat Kohli of ball tampering. Sehwag felt England should have accepted defeat more gracefully in the Vizag Test where the visitors went down by 246 runs.

“The team that ends on the losing side often tries to raise a few issues,” Sehwag told Hindustan Times. On Tuesday, a video surfaced on social media suggesting that Virat Kohli had ‘doctored’ the ball during the drawn first Test in Rajkot.

“Perhaps the England team hasn’t gone on to do it (raise the issue) but the English media has. I feel one should accept defeats in a graceful manner. We never gave excuses when we lost matches abroad. We used to accept that we didn’t play well when we lost a game.”

A British media report said that Kohli was seen shining the ball with his saliva during the Rajkot Test with a mint or a gum in his mouth. The video which was later blocked by Star Sports went viral within a blink of an eye but many former greats and experts supported Virat wholeheartedly.

Kohli escaped the allegations narrowly after the video was surfaced beyond the five-day window when the ICC CEO can impose charges on the accused cricketer.

South Africa’s stand-in skipper Faf du Plessis was charged 100% of his match fees for shining the ball with his saliva while having a lolly in his mouth during the 2nd Test against Australia in Hobart.

Du Plessis was bemused with ICC’s decision but got full support from Sehwag. “Faf shouldn’t be bothered about this as he did nothing wrong. You’re allowed to have toffees, lollies, etc. and you’re also allowed to apply saliva to shine the ball.

“So I really don’t know what’s wrong with that. It’s not like someone is applying something else other than saliva,” the dashing opener concluded.

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