The fifth T20 match played at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium was a verbal feud between Virat Kohli and Jose Butler. An on-field umpire had to intervene as the debate progressed. Meanwhile, English leader Eoin Morgan appeared to avoid talking about the matter. Morgan said he wasn’t sure what really happened between the two. In the fifth T20 match, India defeated England by 36 runs to make the T20 series 3-2.
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Speaking at a virtual press conference after the match, Morgan said: ‘I don’t know what really happened. Apparently, Virat is very excited when he plays, there is a big role in the game, he runs the feel of the game. Sometimes there are differences between people in close confrontation, which is not a new thing. I think this is an example. Originally, Bhubaneswar Kumar led Butler to the pavilion on the fifth T20. After Jose Butler got his big wicket, skipper Virat Kohli was so excited that he celebrated the Butler wicket with enthusiasm. At the same time, Butler turned again to the dressing room and said something to Kohli, then Virat hurried towards him. As the debate between the two escalated, the umpire had to intervene.
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There was a heated debate between Virat Kohli and Ben Stokes during the Test series before the umpire had to explain both. Virat appeared in good form in the T20 series and scored 231 runs in 5 innings, striking out 147 at strike rate. In this series, the Indian captain completed his 3000 runs in T20 cricket and became the first batsman in the world to do so. Virat holds the record for most runs in bilateral T20 series. Kohli returned three Fifty Studd and not three times in the series.
