Summary:
What proved to the icing on the cake was the Indian captain Virat Kohli’s exemplary gesture to an old adversary in Steve smith, former Australian captain. This is when Kohli stepped in to change the situation in a gesture of sportsmanship and diplomacy. Kohli’s appeal to Indian cricket fans to applaud Smith rather than boo him met with a very warm responses from Twitterati. That is all the more reason Kohli stood out when he went across to Smith and shook his hand. The cricket world might see Kohli in a kinder light from here, irrespective of how competitive he likes to be on the field..