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Xtra Time Web Desk : Team India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday was in a furious mood as a reaction of the ball tracking controversy which took world cricket by storm.

And going all guns blazing against Supersport's ball tracking technology which denied the lbw of Proteas skipper Dean Elgar, the Indian captain on stump mic said, "Focus on your team while they shine the ball. Not just the opposition. Trying to catch people all the time."

And as a reaction to this controversy on Thursday, former Team India opener Gautam Gambhir slammed the Indian Test skipper for his words.

In a post match show, Gambhir said, "This is really bad. What Kohli did, going near the stump mic and reacting in that manner, that is really immature. This is not what you expect from an international captain, from an Indian captain. Then technology isn't in your hand. Then you have reacted in the same manner when there was a caught-behind appeal on the leg-side, neither did Dean Elgar react in that manner. During that Mayank Agarwal appeal, it looked OUT from the naked eye, but Elgar did not react in that manner,”

Also demanding the interference of Dravid over the matter, the World Cup winner added, "No matter what you say, stuff like he plays with his heart on his sleeve, this reaction was an exaggerated one and you can't be a role model in this manner. No budding cricketers would want to see this kind of a reaction, especially from the Indian captain. No matter the result in this Test match, this is not what you expect from a Test captain who has led the team for so long. I hope Rahul Dravid has a word with him, because the type of captain Dravid was, he would have never reacted in this manner.”

Although Dean Elgar was eventually dismissed at the end of the day but the controversy has been creating rounds since then.

However South Africa are the favourites to win the match and the series with 111 runs required and 8 wickets in hand.