Virat Kohli wins hearts again by his gentlemanly ways on the cricket field!

In an eventful match yesterday between India and Australia, India defeated the Kangaroos by 36 runs and a wave of pride ran through the country. But there’s another reason for us to be proud and that is our captain who has proved that he is a perfect gentleman.

During the match, there was a point where Australian player Steve Smith was fielding near the boundary and Virat Kohli was batting. He heard the Indian fans booeing Smith by calling him a cheater. Kohli immediately requested them not to do that and to just cheer instead.

With India fans giving Steve Smith a tough time fielding in the deep, @imVkohli suggested they applaud the Australian instead.

Absolute class ? #SpiritOfCricket #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/mmkLoedxjr

— ICC (@ICC) June 9, 2019

He also apologized to Smith later on behalf of the crowd.

Captain @imVkohli on THAT gesture that won hearts ?? #TeamIndia #INDvAUS #SpiritOfCricket pic.twitter.com/irUtTtv6AR

— BCCI (@BCCI) June 9, 2019

For those of you wondering why the slurs were used, it was because of the ball tampering case that the Australian team was clouded by a while ago.

Twitter was all pride and praises for Mr. Kohli!

Pretty Amazing. Virat was booed off in Sydney few years ago but, as the world turns, i am sure many Aussies would respect Kohli more than they do today. In one of the biggest stages, he chose to stand up for a fellow athlete. Out of the top draw! #IndvAus #SpiritOfCricket

— Vignesh (@ImVignesh24) June 9, 2019

#SpiritOfCricket#SteveSmith
That's the true sportsman spirit of Virat Kohli. We should respect every players who play for their country, if he do any mistake and feel sorry for his mistake, So we should have a big heart and forgive him. pic.twitter.com/qXBQUznhLU

— pravin kumar mahato (@mahato_pravin) June 10, 2019

Kohli's batting, Kohli's captaincy, Kohli's fielding and Kohli's sportsmanship.

Everything Sealed in a Single Game. What a guy.
Well Done, KINGKOHLI. Proud...
Absolute Class...#INDvAUS @imVkohli@stevesmith49@SGanguly99#SpiritOfCricket

— VIRAT Waghmode (@imkingpk18) June 10, 2019

Incredible sportsmanship from Kohli #SpiritOfCricket
He won many's heart around the world #ViratKohli@imVkohli and @stevesmith49 they both are great players.#SteveSmith pic.twitter.com/jqfnchgBin

— Sadaf Shamim (@imSadafShamim) June 10, 2019

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Our dashing captain proved that he had the true sportsman spirit; not only did he stand up for a fellow cricketer, but he got overjoyed when Dhoni smashed a beautiful six on Mitchell Starc’s bowling. The video of his reaction went viral and unke andar ka dilli bahar aa hi gaya!

Moments of The Match ?#ViratKohli 's reaction after mahi hit a massive six??#INDvAUS #WC2019 pic.twitter.com/UJLiNZifdk

— King Kohli ? (@KingKohIi) June 9, 2019

It was a big match, and they stepped up! #TeamIndia bowl out Australia on the last ball of the game to win by 36 runs! Bhuvneshwar and Bumrah finish with three wickets each! #INDvAUS SCORECARD ? https://t.co/tdWyb7lIw6 pic.twitter.com/eJdfz947aK

— ICC (@ICC) June 9, 2019

Well, we hope India keeps defeating its opponents and provides us with an extra batch of entertaining moments like these! And what can we say about our very able captain –his gestures say it all!