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Originally Posted by exec771
Kohli can be a **** on the field, and his on-field antics don't win him any friends internationally, I'm well aware of that fact.
Now if he was complaining about Starc's sledging or something, then I'd agree with you as it'd be a case of pot-kettle.
However since the issue here is that he believes his opponents are bending the rules, and he has evidence to support that claim, so he has every right to speak up. Him being a hardass on the field shouldn't take anything away from that. It's 2 separate issues.
It's not two separate issues. What he does around pressuring the umpire etc, and taking advantage of the fact that as an Indian icon he can get away with more than most people (imagine the Bangladesh captain acting as he does), is arguably against the laws of the game (unfair fair play or whatever it's called). What Smith did is arguably against the same law. Kholi does it to pressure the umpire in the hope that his team benefit.
Frankly, in terms of what is good for the game you have Smith looking to the dressing room on one hand and Kholi acting like a spoilt brat and being in the umpire's face as often as he can on the other. Many non Indian cricket fans would say that Kholi's constant "bending" of the rules is worse.