Call for calm as tour ‘toxicity’ grows
India and Aussie press trade barbs before final Test
23 March 2017 - 06:24
New Delhi — A leading Indian commentator has hit out at the "toxicity" blighting the series against Australia, and called for restraint before the winner-takes-all final Test begins on Saturday. Harsha Bhogle fears the glorification of aggressive on-field behaviour by media on both sides and passions boiling over could harm Test cricket’s reputation with the series on a knife-edge at 1-1. The latest barbs have seen India skipper Virat Kohli dubbed "the Donald Trump of sport" in one Australian newspaper and former Test bowler Geoff Lawson accusing Kohli of acting like "your worst-behaved player".
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