Travis Head and family flooded with online abuse following Kohli incident

[p]The players clashed during the T20 match between Head's Sunrisers Hyderabad and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kohli-virat/U7w3X0qp/"]Kohli[/a]'s Royal Challengers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/royal-challengers-bengaluru/ObLbexsS/"]Bengaluru[/a] on Friday.[/p][p]Heated words were exchanged between the two before Kohli was dismissed for 15 and his team slumped to a 55-run defeat.[/p][p]As the two sets of players lined up for the post-game handshakes, Kohli ignored Head's outstretched arm but shook hands with the other players.[/p][p]The Instagram accounts for Head and Jessica have since been flooded with abusive comments, apparently from fans of the former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mumbai-indians/2eZPzJH2/"]India[/a] captain.[/p][embed guid="4fd4ad88-135d-415d-a031-8bafda659c71" url="https://x.com/Avnueone8/status/2058046669305098616" social-type="twitter" /][p]Jessica told The Advertiser newspaper that her friends and family had also received hateful private messages.[/p][p]"[b]I woke up to my socials blasting... we are fine but they are attacking my friends and family,[/b]" she said Monday, according to the reports.[/p][p]"Passion will always be part of sport, but so is remembering there are real people and families behind the game.[/p][p]"[b]Hopefully this encourages more kindness, and support for one another.[/b]"[/p][p]She also said it felt like "[b]a repeat of the abuse that happened after the World Cup[/b]", referring to the 2023 50-over tournament when Australia beat hosts India in the final in Ahmedabad.[/p]