Indian legend Virat Kohli has lashed out at the media on his arrival in Melbourne ahead of next week’s Boxing Day Test.

Channel 7 cameras captured Kohli in a heated exchange with a TV journalist at Melbourne Airport.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Kohli involved in fiery exchange.

After a tense conversation, Kohli then walked off before turning back and having a few more words.

Kohli appeared to be upset by the presence of cameras directed at his family.

Channel 7 reporter Theo Doropoulos shed more light on the situation.

“It was upon seeing the waiting cameras that Kohli became a little heated over what is largely a misunderstanding when he thought the media was filming him with his children,” he said on 7NEWS.

Kohli then made his position clear.

“With my kids I need some privacy, you can’t film without asking me,” he can be heard saying.

But that’s not true, Kohli can be filmed freely given he was in a public place.

He did take a minute to clear the air with media once it was explained his kids in fact weren’t being filmed and even shook the Channel 7 cameraman’s hand.

Kohlihas struggled for form in recent years, but did making a fighting century in the first Test in Perth.

However, his four other bats have combined for a total of just 26 runs.

The Border-Gavaskar series is delicately poised at 1-1 after the third Test in Brisbane was a draw.

The crucial fourth Test begins on Boxing Day at the MCG before the gripping series heads to Sydney for the final Test.