Most of the Indian and Australian players were done with their warm-up session prior to the start of the day-night one-dayer while Praveen Kumar and Virat Kohli were going through last-minute practice drills on the outfield close to the boundary ropes. Photographers covering the match were positioned just across the ropes even as Praveen and Virat kept knocking a few balls towards them. With their expensive equipment and laptops under threat, the media personnel politely asked the two players to shift their training area. That incensed the cricketers and soon heated words were exchanged between them. The two parties almost came to blows when VCA officials and Munaf Patel intervened, convincing the players to walk away from the heat of things.
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