Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand feels India cricket captain Virat Kohli became a bit emotional and lost control during his "leave India" comment to a fan on social media, which snowballed into a massive controversy.
Kohli was trolled on social media and slammed by critics over his "I don't think you should live in India" response to an enthusiast who called the skipper overrated while expressing his admiration for English and Australian batsmen.
In a video available on his mobile app, Kohli was reading tweets and Instagram messages on 5 November when he came across an user, who said the Indian mainstay has nothing special in his batting.
The 48-year-old chess icon, however, felt that enough was written about it and it's better not to pile anything more to it.
"Maybe Kohli was caught at a weak moment, feeling a bit sensitive and was not in the best mood maybe. That's my impression. Then he lost control of it," Anand said.
Anand further said it's natural to get emotional and that he too had lost it once in a while.
"He has got enough criticism already. It's over. Those who did not like it, already criticised him so no need to keep piling on it."
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