Kohli defends Indian team over DRS outburst

TIL Desk Sports/ India captain Virat Kohli on Friday defended his team’s verbal attack on the broadcasters after Dean Elgar’s contentious DRS reprieve, saying that people on the outside don’t understand the trigger for such an outburst.

Kohli and his teammates lost their cool during the final 45 minutes on the third day of the third Test, which they lost by seven wickets to concede the series 2-1. They spoke into the stump mic to express their frustration after rival skipper Dean Elgar got a massive reprieve due to a contentious DRS decision.

“I have no comment to make on either. We understood what happened on the field and people on the outside don’t know exact details of what goes on on the field,” he said after the match in Cape Town on Friday. “…for me to try and justify what we did on the field and say we got carried away is all…,” he didn’t finish the sentence. “If we had gotten charged up and picked up three wickets there, that would have been probably the moment that changed the game,” he added.