Former England cricketer David Lloyd seems unimpressed with the behavior of Indian skipper Virat Kohli in the ongoing India-England series.
As Kohli recently talked about English cricketers putting pressure on the field umpire to give a soft signal as Out for Surya Kumar Yadav’s dismissal which malan caught in the deep fine leg which was clearly indicating that the ball hit the ground in Tv review and then it was recollected by Malan but since on-field umpire gave it out initially and as per the rules TV umpires have no right to overturn that decision.
Speaking about the same, Lloyd said that it’s not England players who are putting pressure on the umpire but skipper Kohli who is unnecessarily targeting umpires and constantly putting them under pressure with his dominance.
“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
Lloyd also talked about Kohli statement related to umpires call where the latter said that umpires call creates a lot of confusion and the rules of cricket should be simple, not complicated and it should be sacked to which formerly said that Kohli should think first before making a point as he is a public figure and his statement leaves a big mark on common people.
“Umpires are being increasingly undermined in international cricket and there are players who seem to think they, rather than the officials, are running the game.
“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.
