Virat Kohli moved quickly to separate Punjab pacer Gurnoor Brar and New Zealand opener Tim Seifert during the fourth ODI between New Zealand and India at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, on November 13, 2026. The confrontation followed Brar's dismissal of Seifert in the 12th over, when a rising delivery outside off stump cramped the batter and Ishan Kishan completed a diving catch.
Seifert had scored 58 off 48 balls, a first 50-over fifty for him, after putting on an 85-run opening stand with Will Young. Tensions had already surfaced earlier in the innings: in the 7th over Seifert and Brar exchanged words after Seifert hit 14 runs from a single over. When the wicket fell, Brar celebrated close to the batter, and Kohli, positioned in the inner ring, covered the ground and placed an arm around the 26-year-old, steering him back towards his teammates without further incident.S1S2
Uncertainty remains over the exact words exchanged during the send-off, and no official ICC or match referee statement on the incident was available at the time of research. At the time of writing New Zealand had passed 200 for three in the 29th over, with Young still batting.S1
