The best comments of Virat Kohli caught on stump mic

Former Indian skipper MS Dhoni is well-known for making hilarious comments and offering advice to the bowlers from behind the stumps whenever the spinners are operating for India. While Dhoni's comments are always funny, the same does not apply to Virat Kohli.

Kohli can be funny at times, but he often gets under the skin of the opposition, something that cannot be associated with his predecessor. Of late, the stump-mics in matches have been turned on and the fans watching at home can easily hear the comments passed between the players.

Let us look at some of the funniest comments made by Virat Kohli on the field.

Two errors in judgement, skipper

During the second Test against South Africa at Supersport Park in Centurion, South Africa were cruising at 182/2 at Tea on Day 1 before the momentum shifted towards Kohli and co. in the third session, thanks to some fantastic bowling by the bowlers and moments of madness from the South Africans who lost two wickets due to poor running between the wickets.

The Proteas skipper Faf du Plessis was involved in both the run-outs. Firstly, it was Hashim Amla, who obliged his skipper's call for a quick single just to find himself short of the crease off a Hardik Pandya throw. Soon after, Vernon Philander, who had joined his skipper at the crease, took off for a run while du Plessis waving his hand from the non-striker's end.

Though the second one had nothing to do with du Plessis, Kohli made sure that he got under the skin of his counterpart, chirping "two errors in judgement, skipper" at the South African.

Taking Dean Elgar's case on numerous occasions

In the second innings of the first Test against South Africa in 2018, Rohit Sharma took a brilliant low catch at gully to send Hashim Amla back to the pavilion. It was a tight call and the umpires went upstairs. The third umpire gave it out because the soft signal by the on-field umpire was out. After that incident, the left-handed opener called Rohit a cheat.

It was very clear that Kohli did not like Elgar’s comments as he began to have a go at the opener. When Elgar was batting in the second Test, Kohli kept shouting, "you call people a cheat, you called Rohit a cheat" from the slip cordon. Elgar was struggling to put his bat to ball in the second innings and on some other day, would have been dismissed by R Ashwin ten out of ten times.

He was lucky to see off the third day of the second Test. But, Kohli kept reminding Elgar about his struggle, chirping "senior batsman?", "Look at him", "You will get him stumped, Ash" from the slips.

I’ve smashed you enough in my life

Virat Kohli was in the form of his life when India toured Australia for an ODI series in 2016. Just as Kohli began trying to increase India's scoring rate in the third ODI at the MCG, Faulkner delivered four beautiful deliveries in the 35th over, preventing Kohli from hitting beyond the inner circle.

The fifth ball saw the Indian skipper step down the wicket and guide the ball to the off side for a single. As Kohli was completing his run, Faulkner channelled his inner Aussie spirit and could be seen saying something to him, most probably to the tune of ‘You tried to smash me there, but you failed.’

He had tried to rattle Kohli after the third ball of the same over, to which Kohli had reacted by looking down and waving him away. This time though, he was at the non-striker’s end and he had to respond.

The stump mic clearly caught Kohli saying, "I’ve smashed you enough in my life. No point. Don’t waste your time, go bowl." He went on to score a century in that match.

Clueless Andile Phehlukwayo

The 2018 tour of South Africa saw Virat Kohli at his humorous best in the field as he constantly shot comments at the batsmen. In the first ODI, both Kohli and predecessor MS Dhoni kept shouting from behind the stumps. While Dhoni gave tips to the bowlers, Kohli decided to make fun of the batsmen.

When Andile Phehlukwayo faced Kuldeep for the first time, he struggled to pick his variations.

After the first ball, Kohli said, “6 ball samajhne mein hi nikal jaayega. (By the time he realizes six balls will be over).”

Kohli's message to Murali Vijay

After restricting South Africa to just 335 in the first innings of the second Test, India lost the wickets of KL Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara early in the innings and hence were relying on their skipper Virat Kohli and opener Murali Vijay to spare them the blushes.

They put on 79 runs for the third wicket and looked threatening. This frustrated the South African fielder and in-between, Kohli was caught saying, "Shaam Tak Khelenge, Inki G***D Phat Jaegi," which roughly translates to "If we play till the evening, they will s**t their pants".

Unfortunately, Kohli was the only one who took this seriously as Vijay got out soon after while Kohli stayed till Lunch on day three and scored a valiant 150. Though this wasn't funny, it created a lot of buzz in social media.