The former Indian bowler Ishant Sharma shared a hilarious incident when he was banned after he reacted to Virat Kohli's fire. it happened during the 2015 Test series against Sri lanka, and Virat Kohli had just received the Test captaincy from MS Dhoni. Kohli, who had been sharing dressing rooms with Sharma since age-group cricket, had a good bond and knew how to ignite Ishant's fire. Like any other match, the bowler and the batter were having a duel. Here, the bowler is Dhammika Prasad, and the batter was Ishant Sharma along with Ravichandran Ashwin. In the heat, Ashwin got out and headed towards the dressing room. So did Ishant, but to change the shoes. While he was retreating back, he saw the team's head coach Ravi Shastri and Sri Lanka's team manager walking out, guessing that Ishant and Dhammika might have a fight. However, Dhamika followed Ishant, and the heat started there. Speaking at the Raj SHamani podcast, Ishant Sharma said, "This happened during the 2015 Sri Lanka Test series. Dhammika Prasad was bowling bouncers at me. I took a single and as I was reaching the non-striker's end, I told him, 'You are too slow to hit me on the head'. This is what started it. Then, him and I kept going back-and-forth. But suddenly, Dinesh Chandimal came from third man, and he elbowed me." He added, "In the heat of the moment, Ashwin got out, and I ran back to the dressing room - because I had to change my shoes. When I was doing it, I suddenly saw that Ravi Shastri and Sri Lanka's manager were leaving the dressing room. They thought that Dhammika and I had fought with each other. However, Dhammika Prasad followed me all the way into the Indian dressing room." Ishant then said that it was Virat who reminded him how Dhammika followed him to the dressing room. As per Virat, Dhammika wanted to hit Ishant, and that Ishant did not react was not acceptable for Virat. Virat even reminded him that Dhammika elbowed Ishant. And that riled up the pacer. Earlier Ishant already had bagged a fine of 65% of his match fee because of some aggressive celebration after dismissing two Sri Lankan batters. Hen then had an altercation with Dhammika, that gifted Ishant a one-match suspension. Recalling that ishant said, "Virat knows how to rile me up. I was unaware. That's when Virat told me, 'Woh tere peeche tujhe maarne aa gaya, aur tune kuch nahi kiya? Dhammika Prasad tujhe maarne aaya tha' (He came all the way to beat you, and you didn't do a thing?) Then made me watch the clip where Chandimal elbowed me. And I swear, I went mad. I am usually not that aggressive but that day, my protective mode crept in. By then, my match fee had already gotten deducted. Then I went out to bowl, dismissed three batters and celebrated on their face. And got banned."