Kohli had got this award for telling the crowd to not boo Steve Smith but to support him during India’s 2019 World Cup clash against Australia.
Kohli said in a statement issued by the ICC,
Kohli believed that no player deserved to get the kind of reception that Smith was getting from the crowd and thus it was only fair to make them understand that they aren’t supposed to behave that way.
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Kohli continued,
Kohli himself was under the scanner eight years ago when he was fined 50 per cent of the match fees for showing middle finger to the crowd, who were getting personal with him. But over the years he has developed into a true gentleman of the game.
Kohli and Smith have had some heated rivalries in the past, one being where the former almost accused the latter of being a cheat during Australia’s tour of India in 2017. However, Kohli believed that there always is a line that should never be crossed.
He concluded,
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