Melbourne . Veteran Indian batsman Virat Kohli once again got embroiled in a controversy in Australia. Kohli got angry at the Australian media personnel who were making a video of him when he arrived at Melbourne airport before the Boxing Day Test.

After the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was drawn at the Gabba, both teams left Brisbane for Melbourne on Thursday. Upon arriving at Melbourne Airport, Kohli got into a heated argument with an Australian journalist as he felt that the Australian cameraman was taking pictures of his family.

Kohli got into an argument with a reporter

This incident happened when a local reporter was interviewing Australian fast bowler Scott Boland. When Virat Kohli passed by with his family, the cameraman's attention went to Kohli. Kohli got angry at his family being filmed in a public place and he got into a heated argument with a reporter.

Channel 7 clarified its position

A Channel 7 reporter shed further light on the situation. On 7 News, he said, "Kohli got a little angry when he saw the cameras, he thought the media was filming him with his children. It is a misunderstanding."

According to 7 News, Kohli clarified his position. ''I need some privacy with my kids, you can't film without asking me.'' Later, when the media pointed out that his kids were not being filmed, the Indian star clarified his position to the media and shook hands with the cameramen before leaving.

There has already been a controversy

This is not the first time that Virat Kohli has been embroiled in controversies in Australia. Earlier also, Kohli had been embroiled in a big controversy. Actually, this incident is from 2012. During the Sydney Test, Virat Kohli, who was fielding on the boundary, made an indecent gesture by pointing his finger at the spectators who were taunting him. Later, Kohli had accepted that he should not have reacted to the taunts of the spectators.

Had to request the match referee

The next day after the incident, Kohli was called by match referee Ranjan Madgule. When asked what happened while fielding on the boundary, Kohli said nothing, there was a little argument. On this, Ranjan showed him the front page of the newspaper in which there was a picture of Kohli making an indecent gesture.

On this, Kohli apologized to him and requested that please do not ban him. Kohli mentioned this incident in an interview with Wisden. On Kohli's request, Ranjan fined Kohli 50 percent of his match fee.

No runs were scored after Perth

Kohli, who started the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia with a century in Perth, has had a poor performance and has scored only 21 runs in the last three matches. The Indian team suffered a crushing defeat in the second Test in Adelaide and the match was drawn due to rain at the Gabba.