The article quoted both Warner and Smith who denied

Kohli's accusations, including that Australians disrespected India's physio Patrick Farhart.

"Special players are allowed to have bad series, but Kohli s great crime is he s proven that the spirit of cricket is officially dead...Test captains, under the rules of the game, are supposed to be the flagbearers for upholding the spirit of the game, yet the ICC has allowed the Indian captain to destroy one of the foundations on which the game has been played for more than a century," the article read.

The scribe wrote that "soft cricketing administrators have given rise to a bat-wielding Trump." "The fact Kohli has not been sanctioned for calling the Australians systematic cheats or his latest unfounded attack on Smith shows that he is completely untouchable. The ICC won t fine him. Not even the BCCI, who through their broadcaster apologised to Smith, can get their skipper to tow the party line.

"Even when the BCCI called a ceasefire with Cricket Australia last week, Kohli still refused to back down from his cheating accusations.

Like former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga, Kohli relies on a flagrant disrespect of his opponents and the game to fuel himself and his team."

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