'Ball ke beech mein kaise?': Kohli miffed with umpire for stopping Shami in his delivery stride too late - Watch

Virat Kohli may have given up captaincy, however, the captaincy hasn't left the former skipper as the Indian batting stalwart's leadership skills were on display on the second day of the ongoing Edgbaston Test against India. After Kohli was seen giving the pep talk to his players in the huddle, the 33-year-old was in the umpires' ears when pacer Mohammed Shami was stopped too late during his delivery stride.

The incident took place on the first delivery of the fourth over of the England batting innings just after the dismissal of the opener Alex Lees. It had started drizzling in Birmingham, however, the umpires thought that the play could be continued. Thus, Shami came steaming in to Zak Crawley, however, the umpire at the non-striker's end, Aleem Dar put his hand out but it was too late as the Indian pacer was already near the crease.

Seeing the umpire's half hand out, Crawley was quick to move sideways but Shami was in his motions and he delivered the ball. Kohli wasn't too happy with the call as he chirped, "Ball ke beech mein kaise bol sakta hai? (How can he say in the middle of a delivery?)"

The call actually came from the square-leg umpire Richard Kettleborough who thought that the rain had gotten too heavy for the play to continue but it came just a few seconds too late as Shami had already started running. When the players were leaving the field for the rain break, Kohli was involved in a heated discussion with both umpires.

Not once or twice but three times the rain made an appearance on Day 2 as only 38.5 overs of play could be possible. However, India dominated the play that did happen, completely.

The visitors added 78 runs for the last three wickets before having the hosts five down by the end of the day as England still trail by 332 runs.