Pitch Invader Tries To Hug Virat Kohli Amid Boos From Crowd

Team India's fandom has been massive during the Boxing-Day test at Melbourne, while fans cheer for their idols, while some of them went for the full monty, while one of the fans tied the bat in a unique way to get Rohit Sharma's autograph on day 1, whereas one of the fans breached the security personnel at the MCG & went onto the pitch to meet Virat Kohli & even got close to him.

A video went viral on X (formerly known as Twitter) showcasing the incident, the invader can be seen going closer towards Kohli & hugging him, Kohli, returned the favor with a hug but, soon asked him to leave the ground.

The security guards were proactive in taking the charge & soon they took the invader away, ensuring the game started right away after the delay.

Kohli, has had a troubled time in this test as he was fined 20% of his match fee after a shoulder bumping incident with debutant Sam Konstas during the 10th of the Australian innings. This sparked a heated exchange between the two.

However, it was the day 2 that will haunt Kohli the most. Kohli who was struggling for runs after the test ton at Perth finally got into his natural zone. Kohli & Yashasvi Jaiswal stitched a crucial partnership of 102 runs to help India get closer to Australia's first innings total of 474.

However, all the hard work went down the drain as a miscommunication between Kohli and Jaiswal for a single saw the latter get run out. Moments later, Kohli himself was trudging back to the pavilion, having succumbed to his vulnerability against balls outside the off-stump off Scott Boland.

India ended Day 2 on 164/5, still trailing by 310 runs. It has given Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja a mountain to climb on Day 3, and put India firmly on the back foot.