Melbourne: Sam Konstas's competitive nature aligns with that of Virat Kohli and it would not be surprising if the two share a laugh about the shoulder-barging episode before posing for a

Virat Kohli's conduct came under the microscope in the Boxing Day test in Melbourne on Thursday after a clash of shoulders with teen debutant Sam Konstas but the incident did little to knock the Australian wonder boy off his stride.

Virat Kohli is free to play in the Sydney Test after avoiding a suspension for his physical altercation with Australia’s boy wonder Sam Konstas.

Gavaskar said India need to put their "head down" and try and get as close as possible to Australia's total. Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant were in the middle when stumps were called.

Both Irfan Pathan and Sanjay Manjrekar expressed their point on whether Virat Kohli could have been more active in preventing it. But soon, the discussion turned intense, and things escalated.

Australia’s DRS review of a lbw appeal against Yashasvi Jaiswal had been just negated by the TV umpire, and the sound that erupted at the G was thunderous and cacophonically Indian. The loudest sound was heard the whole day until then.