{"id":18614,"date":"2026-05-25T01:52:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/25\/after-virat-kohli-spat-travis-heads-wife-reveals-online-abuse-feels-like-a-repeat-of-world-cup-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T01:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:52:30","slug":"after-virat-kohli-spat-travis-heads-wife-reveals-online-abuse-feels-like-a-repeat-of-world-cup-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=18614","title":{"rendered":"After Virat Kohli spat, Travis Head\u2019s wife reveals online abuse: &#8216;Feels like a repeat of World Cup&#8217; | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131299154,imgsize-42722,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/travis-head-and-virat-kohli-ani-photo.jpg\" alt=\"After Virat Kohli spat, Travis Head\u2019s wife reveals online abuse: 'Feels like a repeat of World Cup'\" title=\"Travis Head and Virat Kohli (ANI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Travis Head and Virat Kohli (ANI Photo)\">Travis Head and Virat Kohli (ANI Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Australian cricketer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/travis-head\/62023\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Travis Head<\/a> and his wife Jessica have once again faced online abuse from some Indian cricket fans after a heated IPL 2026 moment involving <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/virat-kohli\/3993\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Virat Kohli<\/a> went viral. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Jessica said hateful comments and private messages were sent not only to them but also to their friends and family members after the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>\u201cIt feels like a repeat of the abuse that happened after the World Cup,\u201d she told Australian media outlet The Advertiser.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>\u201cI woke up to my socials blasting&#8230; we are fine but they are attacking my friends and family.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Jessica also revealed that similar abuse happened after Australia defeated India in the 2023 ODI World Cup final, the World Test Championship final and the 2024 Boxing Day Test. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>At that time, even their young daughter received disturbing threats online. <!-- -->She urged fans to be more respectful on social media.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>\u201cI think across all sports at the moment there\u2019s an important conversation around mental health, perspective and the way we speak to one another,\u201d she added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>\u201cPassion will always be part of sport, but so is remembering there are real people and families behind the game. Hopefully this encourages more kindness, and support for one another.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>What happened between Virat Kohli and Travis Head?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>The latest controversy started during an <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL<\/a> 2026 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>During RCB\u2019s chase, Kohli and Head exchanged words on the field after Head reportedly told Kohli to play more attacking shots. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Kohli responded sarcastically by asking Head, who was playing as an Impact Player, to come bowl himself. As soon as Kohli got out, Head hit back, saying he didn&#8217;t get the chance to bowl, which Kohli supposedly didn&#8217;t like. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>After SRH won the match by 55 runs, Head tried to shake hands with Kohli during the post-match greetings. However, Kohli walked past him without responding, while greeting other SRH players normally. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>The moment quickly went viral on social media and sparked intense reactions online.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/after-virat-kohli-spat-travis-heads-wife-reveals-online-abuse-feels-like-a-repeat-of-world-cup\/articleshow\/131299115.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travis Head and Virat Kohli (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Australian cricketer Travis Head and his wife Jessica have once again faced online abuse from some Indian cricket fans after a heated IPL 2026 moment involving Virat Kohli went viral. Jessica said hateful comments and private messages were sent not only to them but also to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}