Lehmann said Kohli's allegation of repeated dressing room referrals by Australian players was merely his personal opinion.
echoed the sentiment expressed by CA. Lehmann said Kohli's allegation of repeated dressing room referrals by Australian players was merely his personal opinion.
"Never, ever, ever. Very surprised to hear that, but it's their opinion," said Lehmann.
"He (Kohli) has his opinion and we have ours, but at the end of the day we play the game the right way. We've changed the way we want to play, we've obviously changed the side and we're a younger side so I'm pretty pleased with the way we do things now.
"We've never done any of that, so we'll just get on with the next game," said the coach further.
In a fiery post-match press conference yesterday, Kohli had stated that he had twice seen Australians seeking help from the dressing room for DRS referrals.
Lehmann praised his team for not responding aggressively to Kohli's charge.
"Gone are the days when we used to be probably the other way, and I was part of that as an Australian side. The young guys, the way they want to portray themselves and encourage people to play the game and enjoy the game has been exceptional," he said.
"So I'm really proud of the way they went about it this game, even though we lost."
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh, who successfully led an aggressive bunch of players not shy of playing mind games, also commented on the controversy today.
Waugh said Smith's explanation should be taken on face value but admitted that he would not exactly be proud of his actions.
"It was a fantastic Test match. It's a shame we are focussing on one incident. I would go with what Steve has said. I would take him on face value. The best part was umpires stepped in and stopped at then and there. Looking back Smith will be embarrassed and must have learnt a lesson," Waugh told mediapersons at a promotional event today.
However, Waugh too wanted the ICC to intervene and bring a closure to the issue.
"Someone from ICC needs to look into the matter and bring it to a finality. Look we need to move on. Probably he would be cautioned. It was a high intensity game," said Waugh.
Former BCCI President Anurag Thakur was not to be left behind either and he backed Kohli's tough stance on the matter.
"For years Australian ckt. team have been bullying world ckt. Not any more. This time they are caught on camera and still denying," he tweeted.
"If @stevesmith49 is so naive that he didn't know what to do then should he be leading. Is Steve Smith good example of leadership. @BCCI....Extremely proud of #TeamIndia (@BCCI ) and @imVkohli who reported the matter to umpires. We must stand by our captain and support him," he added.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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