Clarke said – Australian players were afraid of sledging against Kohli to save IPL contract

Former captain Michael Clarke has accused the Australian players that they were afraid of sledging against Indian captain Virat Kohli to save the IPL contract. Clarke said this to an Australian radio program ‘The Big Sports Breakfast’. He said that everyone knows how strong India is in the financial matters of sports. Then whether it is international cricket or IPL. 

Clarke, referring to the series in 2018-19, said that our players were a little scared of Kohli and the rest of the Indian players, as they had to play IPL with him in April 2019. Therefore, they were afraid of sparring. Australian players feared that if they did more sledding then the contract of crores of rupees in the IPL could get out of hand.  

Australian players were a bit soft against Kohli for earning millions of dollars

The former Australian captain further said that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are the captains of the Bangalore and Mumbai teams in the IPL. In such a situation, they have an important role in choosing the team. You name 10 big players from Australia and both these auction are making big bids to take these players in your team. That is why the Australian players thought that I would not slander Kohli. I want them to choose me for the Bangalore team, so that I can earn one million dollars in 6 weeks. Clarke said that I think Australia had gone through a period where our cricket was not so strict. As much as we are accustomed to see. 

India won the Test series at home to Australia 2 years ago 

Let us know that in 2018-19 Team India was on a tour of Australia and here the Indian team defeated the hosts 2–1 in the 4 Test series. It was the first Test series win of any Asian country in Australia.