The India batter has posted a video, uploaded initially to Tiktok, via his Instagram account which shows individuals walking through his Perth hotel room
Virat Kohli has revealed how an "appalling" video taken inside his hotel room has left him "paranoid about my privacy".
The India batter posted via his Instragam account a video, initially uploaded on Tiktok, which appears to show individuals walking through his hotel room in Perth.
Captioned 'King Kohli's Hotel Room', the video shows the 33-year-old's personal belongings as well as his match and training kit.
ESPNCricinfo understood the incident took place on October 8, shortly after the team arrived in Australia for the men's T20 World Cup.
"I understand that fans get very happy and excited seeing their favourite players and get excited to meet them and I've always appreciated that," Kohli wrote.
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"But this video here is appalling and it's made me feel very paranoid about my privacy.
"If I cannot have privacy in my own hotel room, then where can I really expect any personal space at all??
"I'm NOT okay with this kind of fanaticism and absolute invasion of privacy. Please respect people's privacy and not treat them as a commodity for entertainment."
Australia's David Warner was among those to react to the post, commenting: "This is ridiculous, totally unacceptable."
Crown Towers, the hotel where the footage was captured, have released a statement apologising for the breach and confirmed the offending individuals have been identified.
David Warner has offered his support to Kohli (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
"We are aware of an incident involving a contractor and the privacy of a guest at Crown Perth," a statement read:
"The safety and privacy of our guests is our number one priority, and we are incredibly disappointed this incident has occurred.
"We unreservedly apologise to the guest involved and will continue to take the necessary steps to ensure this remains an isolated incident.
"We have zero tolerance for this behaviour, and it falls well below the standards we set for our team members and contractors.
"Crown took immediate steps to rectify the issue, including launching an investigation, standing down the individuals involved and removing them from the Crown account.
India have now moved on to Adelaide after losing to South Africa by five wickets in Perth (Paul Kane/Getty Images)
"The original video was also swiftly removed from the social media platform.
"We are also cooperating with the Indian Cricket team and the International Cricket Council to convey our apologies and will continue to work with them as we progress our investigation."
An ICC statement added: "The ICC is incredibly disappointed by the gross invasion of privacy suffered by a member of the Indian travelling party at the Crown Perth, during their team's pre-event preparation ahead of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022.
"We continue to work with event hotels and security providers to ensure that this remains an isolated incident and player privacy is fully respected at all times."
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