Indian captain Virat Kohli found himself in the middle of social media wrath for turning up in shorts for the toss of India’s only warm-up match against Cricket Australia XI before the four-match Test series begins from December 6.
The four-day game, which started after the first day was washed out due to rain, though has not been accorded a first-class status.
A photograph of Kohli in shorts attending the toss with CA XI captain Sam Whiteman was posted on BCCI's Twitter handle.
Fans soon took to the social networking site and criticised Kohli, calling it a "disrespectful act". One of them pointed out how Indian batting great Sunil Gavaskar had slammed Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman for not wearing his cap properly at Asia Cup earlier this year.
This, however, was not the first time, Kohli wore shorts for toss of a practice game. The Indian captain had done the same during India’s two-day warm-up game against England Lions earlier this year.
In-form skipper Kohli (64) and teenage prodigy Prithvi Shaw (66) were among the five Indian batsmen who struck fifties before the visitors were bowled out for 358 on the second day of the rain-hit practice game at the Sydney Cricket Ground.