Virat Kohli Birthday: 5 controversies of Virat Kohli

#4 Abusing a journalist

Kohli is known for his fiery demeanour

Virat Kohli, who is extremely passionate about everything that he does, is, understandably, quite protective of his lady. It is a known fact that many fans target Anushka Sharma whenever Kohli fails to meet their lofty "expectations". One such instance arose when the fans inappropriately lashed out at the Bollywood actress following Kohli's failure in the semi-final of the ICC World Cup in 2015. The Delhi lad was irked by this behaviour and took to social media to slam their immature comments.

On another occasion in 2015, Kohli bashed a journalist for writing an article on Anushka. Later, it was learned that Kohli had targeted the wrong person and the Indian skipper ended up apologising to the journalist for his actions.