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Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson had a cryptic comment when asked about Indian batter Virat Kohli on Instagram. Johnson has been making recent headlines after his recent outburst on the selection of opening batter David Warner in Australia's upcoming home series against Pakistan.
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As the back and forth between Mitchell Johnson and other members of Australian cricket continued a comment from the former left-arm fast bowler surfaced on Instagram. Johnson had replied to a comment from an Instagram user, on a post made on November 23 where the former Mumbai Indians speedster was asked, "Remember Virat Kohli." Reacting to this comment, Johnson posed a question of his own and wrote: "Who?"
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Warner has still never really owned the ball-tampering scandal: Johnson
Coming back to the Warner-Johnson saga, this spat started after the Australian fast bowler wrote an explosive West Australian column. Johnson wrote about how Warner showed “arrogance and disrespect to Australia” by not owning the sandpaper scandal, more than five years after the incident at Cape Town.
In his column, Johnson wrote: “It’s been five years and David Warner has still never really owned the ball-tampering scandal. Now the way he is going out is underpinned by more of the same arrogance and disrespect to our country. As we prepare for David Warner’s farewell series, can somebody please tell me why?"
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“Why a struggling Test opener gets to nominate his own retirement date. And why a player at the centre of one of the biggest scandals in Australian cricket history warrants a hero’s send-off?
“Warner certainly isn’t Australia’s Test captain and never deserved to be for that matter. In fact, he ends his career under a lifetime leadership ban. Yes, he has a decent overall record and some say is one of our greatest opening bats. But his past three years in Test cricket have been ordinary, with a batting average closer to what a tailender would be happy with. Granted he made his double century against South Africa at the MCG last summer, but they were the only runs he had scored in years. Leading into this year’s Ashes series that was the only time he had reached 50 in his previous 17 Test innings.”
