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Players too play a part in upkeeping fan rationale

by
The Cricket Paper Team
14 June 2019

Tristan Lavalette argues that the responsibility of restoring fan behaviour must be shared after Virat Kohli’s sporting gesture last week

Leave it to Virat Kohli to be the game’s statesman. The firebrand captain won plaudits for his stirring actions in India’s victory over Australia when he angrily gestured to Indian supporters to stop booing Steve Smith, who of course along with fellow ball-tampering culprit David Warner has been the target of vocal fans since his return.
Testament to his overwhelming influence, Kohli might have singlehandedly made spectators re-eva...