The Border-Gavaskar Trophy match between Australia and India is soon to arrive. The two heavyweights’ fights are always carefully watched affairs. Virat Kohli’s performance in the forthcoming four-match series, which begins on February 9 in Nagpur, will also be highly scrutinized. In the limited-overs formats, the star hitter has regained his form. His performance in the Tests might very well determine how the series pans out. In his 20 Test matches against Australia, Kohli has amassed 1682 runs at an average of 48.05. In seven tonnes against the Australians, he has scored.
Irfan Pathan, a former cricketer for India, discussed Kohli’s strategy for the Border-Gavaskar Test series and the areas he plans to work on. “So, the one thing he will be keeping in his mind is how he’s going to be countering the spin of Lyon as well as Agar. Because he has been struggling against spin specially and I think one thing he can do personally as well is to try and be a little more aggressive, because I think the strike rate against spin has come down as well,” Pathan said.
“I know we are talking about Test cricket here, but sometimes he must be slightly more aggressive against spin, it might make you better in that encounter when you’re actually facing guys like Nathan Lyon who is outstanding with his spin, extra bounce and he gets that ball moving away from the right-hander as well. So, I think that’s one thing he should keep in mind.”