Virat Kohli birthday: Top 5 on-field quotes by Kohli 

#1 Kohli’s insinuation

Kohli ripped into the Aussie team during the press conference

This doesn’t entirely fall into the ‘on-field’ category, but the reason why he said these words were because of a spat between him and – surprise, surprise! – Steven Smith. After Umesh Yadav’s delivery kept low and struck Steven Smith right in front of the wicket, the players went up in unison and the umpire obliged and raised his finger.

Smith then walked towards Renshaw following which he turned towards the dressing room to seek advice – something the umpire and Kohli spotted and ran towards him to stop him. Kohli was absolutely livid and had a go at Smith in the post-match press conference.

“We take our decisions on the field ourselves. We don't ask for confirmation from upstairs," said Kohli, who refused to use the word ‘cheat’.

"I saw that happening two times when I was batting out there. I pointed that out to the umpire as well that I have seen their players looking upstairs for confirmation.

"And that's why the umpire was at him. When he turned back the umpire knew exactly what was going on.

"We observed that, we told match referee and the umpire that it's been happening for the last three days and it has to stop," the Indian captain added.

"There is a line that you don't cross on a cricket field. Sledging and playing on the opponent's mind is different but I don't want to mention the word but it falls in that bracket. I would never do something like that on the cricket field."