Melbourne. Australia’s young opener Sam Costas made his debut memorable by playing a brilliant innings in the Boxing Day Test against India. On the first day of the match, he got embroiled in controversy after getting into trouble with Virat Kohli, although he tried to end everything by calling it a mistake. There was a clash on the field on the first day of the fourth Test between India’s star batsman Virat Kohli and Test cricket debutant Sam, but the 19-year-old Australian batsman played it down and said that Kohli accidentally collided with him.
After the tenth over of the Australian innings, when the players were passing each other, the shoulders of Kohli and Costas collided. Both the players turned and stared at each other and also said something. Meanwhile, Australia’s opening batsman Usman Khawaja came and separated the two. The on-field umpires also talked to both of them. After the end of the first day’s play, Costas said that Kohli had not collided with him intentionally. He said, “Virat Kohli accidentally collided with me. This is cricket and this happens under stress.
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