Twitter in splits at Virat Kohli's 'surprise' on winning ICC's Spirit Of Cricket award

Virat Kohli won  ICC's Spirit of Cricket Award on Wednesday and said that he was surprised to win it after a history of being in news for all wrong reasons.

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'Surprised by award'

After winning award, he said, "I'm surprised that I have got it, after many years of being under scanner for wrong things. That moment was purely understanding an individual's situation. I don't think a guy who is coming out of a situation like that needs to be taken advant of. You can sledge, you can have banter on field you can say things to opposition in terms of wanting to beat m, but booing someone is t in spirit of any sport and I don't endorse it and that should t be a representation of our fans and what we as a cricketing nation and as a sporting nation."

He added, "We need to all take responsibility for that. Intimidate opposition, definitely try and have an upper hand but in a matter that is t targeting someone emotionally. That is t acceptable at any level and people should be wary of that."

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Fans were delighted with award and took to Twitter to express ir happiness.

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incident refers to fans seemingly jeering Australia's star batsman Steve Smith when he took to field at World Cup versus India, following his year-long suspension over infamous ball-tampering controversy that also included his n-Vice Captain David Warner. At that time, Virat Kohli had backed Steve Smith and asked fans to applaud him instead.

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