{"id":46928,"date":"2025-10-09T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/kohli-calls-for-intense-cricket-without-unnecessary-tensions-vs-australia\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:27:00","slug":"kohli-calls-for-intense-cricket-without-unnecessary-tensions-vs-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/cricket\/kohli-calls-for-intense-cricket-without-unnecessary-tensions-vs-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Kohli calls for intense CRICKET, without unnecessary TENSIONS vs Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"From the initial provocations to the clashes on the field, the rivalry between India and Australia has been legendary for its intensity. However, there seems to be a change in the air. Is it possible that the fierce competition is giving way to greater respect?\n\nIn the past, clashes between both teams were close to coming to blows. But something changed after the ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town.\n\nVirat Kohli, India&#8217;s captain, asked fans to stop booing Steven Smith, showing new respect. This 2020-21 test series raises the question of whether this newfound respect will compromise the intensity and integrity of the matches.\n\nOn the eve of the first Test in Adelaide, Kohli revealed that the good relations are partly due to both teams playing together in the IPL and knowing each other better. In addition, the maturity of the players also influences.\n\nAustralia has recognized the need to improve its behavior, seeking a balance between competitiveness and good sportsmanship. Kohli commented that this year has led people to reflect on what is truly important.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;This year has made people realize that many things might not have been necessary in the past, where you hold grudges and have unnecessary tension between teams and individuals, which is absolutely useless. You will still be professional and make sure to be positive and aggressive in your body language and in the way you do things on the field&#8221;.<\/p><cite>Virat Kohli<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fi%2Fcricket%2Fcricinfo%2F1244098_365x205.jpg\" alt=\"Virat Kohli\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\nKohli also highlighted that the quality of cricket should be the most important thing. Although the competition remains intense, the &#8220;unnecessary content&#8221; has been filtered out. There is more respect between the teams, and he hopes that cricket will continue to be competitive.\n\nThe Indian captain hopes the quality of cricket will not be compromised. The exchange of words is part of the game, but he does not foresee it becoming personal. Players are smarter and make better decisions.\n\nKohli is highly respected in Australia for his attitude on the field. When asked if the players feel vilified, Kohli responded that the players do what is necessary for their team and that the quality of cricket should not be compromised.\n\nKohli believes that the competition will continue to be high voltage, but without disrespect. At the end of the five days, the effort of both teams can be appreciated and leave the problems off the field.\n\nIn short, the rivalry between India and Australia remains intense, but with a new level of respect.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the initial provocations to the clashes on the field, the rivalry between India and Australia has been legendary for its intensity. However, there seems to be a change in the air. Is it possible that the fierce competition is giving way to greater respect? In the past, clashes between both teams were close to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[428,497,498,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-46928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cricket","7":"tag-australia","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-india","10":"tag-virat-kohli"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}