Former English cricketer David Lloyd has been critical of Virat Kohli’s on-field behaviour with the umpires. Lloyd claimed that that the Indian skipper has been pressurizing, disrespecting and remonstrating the match officials throughout England’s tour of India which includes 4 test matches, 5 T20Is and their on-going ODI series.
IND vs ENG: Lloyd Slams Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli recently slammed the umpires during the 5th T20I clash between India and England. Virat Kohli stated that the on-field umpire was pressurized by the English players to rule the soft signal against Suryakumar Yadav and India. David Lloyd, however, feels that it is, in fact, the Indian skipper who is trying to overpower the umpires and not the visitors.
“Kohli also suggested England were pressuring umpires to give the ‘soft signal’ as out when Dawid Malan took a low catch in the fourth T20. Firstly, the soft signal is there to leave as much authority as possible with the on-field umpires.”
“And I don’t know if England put pressure on Nitin Menon in Ahmedabad, but I do know one thing — Kohli has been pressuring, disrespecting, and remonstrating with umpires throughout this tour,” Lloyd wrote in his column for Daily Mail.
“Take Virat Kohli. Before the first ODI, the India captain said the umpire’s call should be removed from the decision review system and if the ball is shown to be hitting any part of the stumps it should be given out. Kohli does not seem to have taken the consequences into account. If everything is out, including when the ball is just clipping the bails, then all Tests would be over in two days. An ODI would be over in four hours.
“Umpires have to be given their authority back. They must be handed yellow and red cards to stamp that lost authority because they look powerless. And Kohli, who has vast responsibility and influence, should be very careful in what he says and does,” Lloyd wrote in his column.
