Former Australian international Brad Hodge apologised for suggesting Kohli pulled out of a Test to save himself for IPL.
Kohli was ruled out of the fourth test in Dharamshala after failing to recover from his shoulder injury. Ajinkya Rahane stood in as captain for the final match in a winning effort.
“You’d hope as a sportsman that he’s seriously injured. Because if you miss one game of Test series and you’re fronting up the next week for RCB versus whoever. You’d be pretty dirty if he didn’t front up to a Test match and tryAto win against Australia.”
“I take this opportunity to apologise to the people of India, cricket fans, the Indian national cricket team and particularly Virat Kohli for my previous comments,” he posted to Twitter.
“The public and fans have every right to be upset, and the backlash I have received has certainly driven this home.” He said that he respected Kohli and meant no “ill intention”.
Kohli said this week his shoulder was taking time to heal because it was not a simple stress injury but an impact injury.
Australia’s Glenn Maxwell was also at the centre of controversy over Kohli’s injury when he grabbed his shoulder in parody. He grinned at his team-mates after making a similar stop later in the third Test.
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