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India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday claimed his comment on friendship with the Australian team was “blown out of proportion” and he continues to be on good terms with a few cricketers from
Down Under. At the end of the enthralling four-match series, which India won 2-1 following victory in the Dharamsala Test, Kohli had said that his views on friendship with the Australians
have changed. “No, it has changed for sure. I thought that was the case but it has changed for sure. As I said in the heat of the battle, you want to be competitive but yeah I have been
proven wrong. The thing I said before the first Test, I have certainly been proven wrong and you won’t hear me say that ever again,” Kohli had said. However, the young captain, in a series
of tweets, clarified that his comment was not meant for the entire Australian team. “My answer at the post match conference has been blown way out of proportion. I did not categorically say
the whole Australian team but….,” read the first tweet. > 1/2 My answer at the post match conference has been blown way out of > proportion. I did not categorically say the whole
Australian team > but > — Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) March 30, 2017 “Only a couple of individuals. I continue to be in good terms with the few guys I know & who I’ve played with at
RCB & that doesn’t change,” he wrote in his second tweet. > 2/2only a couple of individuals.I continue to be in good terms with > the few guys I know & who I’ve played with at
RCB & that doesn’t > change. > — Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) March 30, 2017 The series was mired in controversies with one following another. It all started when Australian captain
Steve Smith took dressing room help in taking a DRS call and Kohli stopped short of calling him a cheat. Kohli was also attacked by the rival players and Australian media, which likened him
to U.S. President Donald Trump. Cricket Australia also jumped into the controversy when its CEO James Sutherland said Kohli perhaps does not know how to spell the word sorry.