On day 1 of the fourth Test in Melbourne, Virat Kohli bumped on the Australian youngster Sam Konstas, to which the former Aussie captain Ricky Ponting slammed, saying Kohli "instigated" the heat. With that, the Indian fans started bringing references of Ponting's playing days. One of the incidents that got circulated, was during the 1998 Coca-Cola Cup tri-series in Sharjah, when Ponting got triggered after the young Harbhajan Singh got him out. Kohli should learn from @RickyPonting how to behave with youngsters pic.twitter.com/Fpb0khRtwM — 𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭!𝟎𝐧_👑🚩 (@bholination) December 26, 2024 Singh, who debuted in the series, was playing his fourth ODI and got the better of Ponting after getting smacked for consecutive boundaries. After the early dismissal of Adam Gilchrist, Ponting came at 3 and started off in an aggressive way. In the very over Ponting reached 31 of 25, Harbhajan got him stumped by the wicketkeeper Nayan Mongia. Ponting walked off visibly frustrated, growling and deliberately bumping into Harbhajan Singh, who was celebrating the wicket with his teammates. Read also: 'Haske baat nehi karna': Kohli warns Siraj chatting with Labuschagne Virat Kohli bumps into Sam Konstas In the middle of the 10th and 11th overs, Sam Konstas was changing sides with Usman Khawaja, when Kohli brushed off his shoulder with Konstas while walking to the fielders. Konstas, the 19-year-old youngster, came in as a replacement for Nathan McSweeney. After the altercations, both Kohli and Konstas had a chat that looked heated. Ponting, while doing commentary, slammed Kohli's attitude towards a young debutant. Not only that, he asked the ICC to intervene the matter, as he felt Kohli deliberately thrashed Konstas. To 7 Cricket, he said, “Have a look where Virat walks. Virat’s walked one whole pitch over to his right and instigated that confrontation. No doubt in my mind whatsoever.“I have no doubt that the umpires and the referee will have a good look at that. Fielders should be nowhere near the batsman at that stage. Every fieldsman on the ground knows where the batsmen will congregate and get together. It looked to me that Konstas looked up really late; he wouldn’t even know anyone was in front of him. That man on-screen there (Kohli) might have a few questions to answer" Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Konstas in the first session as the later scored 60 runs for Australia.