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[caption id="attachment_79616" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Image Source: HotStar[/caption] Xtra Time Web Desk: Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli once again invited criticism for his on-field behaviour. During last night’s Indian Premier League (IPL 2019) clash against Kings XI Punjab, Kohli gave an objectionable send off to Ravichandran Ashwin at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. The Kings XI Punjab captain was caught in the deep by his counterpart, trying to clear the fence. Ashwin had hit the earlier ball for a six. The RCB captain pretended to do a Mankad after taking the catch which did not do down well among the netizens. It was totally uncalled for Kohli to behave in such a manner against his test teammate. Everyone in world cricket admires the passion Kohli brings in to the game but at times he gets too expressive with his actions, inviting strong criticism. Reacting to the incident later at the post-match press conference Ashwin said, “I just played with passion, so does he (Virat). That’s it. As simple as that.” Kohli, on the other hand, seemed happy to see his team on the winning side. “We won 4 out of the last 5 we have played; it could have been 5 out of 5. We are just looking to enjoy our cricket. Tonight was another example of having fun. Our only focus was to play good cricket as a team, we know that we are a good side, losing 6 in a row hurt all of us. That big break before Mohali helped us,” signed off Kohli. This is how the fans reacted to Kohli’s on-field behaviour:

Disappointed virat's behavior how could he be rude to his own country player just aftr takng a https://t.co/cPcxRY0Rrz tat so great to celebrate like tat?He should learn to celebrate it maturely.never expected him to be like this@imVkohli @ashwinravi99 #ViratKohli #Ashwin #Virat

— Smilie (@Angel13Little) April 25, 2019

@imVkohli virat bhai i am very big fan of you I love your agression but yesterday which anger you shown to ashwin was not right he is in indian team and in 2018 after south african tour you said to all our players that never mis behave with your own teammate

— Arpit Mishra (@ArpitMi93398664) April 25, 2019

Dear @imVkohli sir many peoples are inspiring you & follow you. Please avoid some attitudes . It's a just an IPL game but @ashwinravi99 is a main Bowler in our @BCCI Give them respect. It's not good for our INDIAN team #RCBvsKXIP @cricketaakash

— கவி கார்த்திக் (@ThamilanKarthik) April 25, 2019

@imVkohli Shame on you Captain Kohli @ashwinravi99 is a senior Indian player and you should be showing more respect to him.

— Harman Pannu ? (@iharmanpannu) April 25, 2019