Someone like a Dhoni is a pro…there will be a camera on you like Sachin: Ravi Shastri’s advises Virat Kohli to be careful on camera

Virat Kohli made the headlines last week when the former Royal Challengers Bangalore captain was involved in an on field brawl with Gautam Gambhir and Naveen-ul-Haq during RCB’s game against Lucknow Super Giants.
Subsequently, the match referee and umpires decided that Kohli and Gambhir’s breach falls under Level 2 and hence, they were fined 100% of their match fees.
Following the incident, former India coach Ravi Shastri has advised Kohli to be more ‘careful’ on camera, citing examples of Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni.
“After the sequence of events last week, someone like a Kohli, someone like a Dhoni…Dhoni knows, he’s a pro, that there is a camera on you and that is because you guys deserve it after what you guys contributed to the game. There will be a camera on you, like there was on Sachin Tendulkar. Remember once the game is over, the camera is on you all the time until you get into that dressing room. You need to be careful, it’s like you are flagged off. If you have that in your mindset…camera, and once the game is over, you will be fine. You can get a lot of brownie points using that camera,” Shastri told ESPN Cricinfo.
The incident seemed to have originated following what appeared to be in-game sledging involving Kohli and Lucknow’s Naveen-ul-Haq when the latter came to bat during the chase. Following RCB’s win in an emotionally-charged contest, the two players had to be separated after a conversation during the handshakes took an ugly turn.

It wasn’t the first heated instance involving Kohli and Gambhir in the IPL either. They had clashed in 2013 during a RCB-KKR match, when Gambhir skippered the latter.
Former India coach, Anil Kumble was also disappointed with the behaviour on the post-match show. “Lot of emotion goes in (the game), but you don’t want to be displaying those emotions. Yes, you need to have a conversation but this is something that is unaccepted. No matter what, you have to respect the opposition. You have to respect the game.”