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XtraTime Web Desk: Former Aussie fast bowler Mitchell Johnson lashes out at Indian captain Virat Kohli's failure to acknowledge the crowd's applause in the third test match at Perth. Virat Kohli and Tim Paine shared heated exchanges in Perth during the second Test match. The Indian captain described the exchanges as "competitive banter". Former Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson, on Wednesday, slammed visiting captain Virat Kohli as "disrespectful" and "silly" for his on-field antics during the Perth Test. "At the end of the match, you should be able to look each other in the eyes, shake hands and say 'great contest'," Johnson wrote in a column for Fox Sports. "Virat Kohli could not do that with Tim Paine, shaking the Australian captain's hand but barely making eye contact with him. To me, that is disrespectful." "Kohli gets away with more than most cricketers simply because he is Virat Kohli and he gets placed on a pedestal but this Test left the Indian captain looking silly," he added. The two skippers were involved in heated exchanges during the game that Australia won by 146 runs. It was reported that Kohli belittled Paine as just "a stand-in captain", although the The BCCI angrily denied he said it.