Throughout the headshots picture periods, India gamers had a enjoyable time asking one another questions earlier than the all vital Australia sequence scheduled to begin on November 22 in Perth. The principles of the train was that the participant who bought their images taken will pose a query for the subsequent participant in line.
Virat Kohli was requested by ex-Royal Challengers Bengaluru teammate Mohammed Siraj on what was his finest knock in Australia. Replying, Kohli selected the century in Perth within the 2018-19 sequence.
“My finest knock is Australia is certainly my 100 at Perth within the 2018/19 sequence that we performed. I believe that’s the hardest pitch I’ve performed on in Australia. It was nice to get a 100 on that one,” Kohli mentioned within the video to BCCI.television.
There was loads of scrutiny on Kohli and his kind coming into the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Kohli has simply two centuries and 11 half-centuries in his final 60 Check innings. Within the six Checks he has performed in 2024, Kohli has averaged solely 22.72.
In the meantime, Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar backed Virat Kohli to be amongst runs within the five-match Border Gavaskar Trophy and believes that the Indian cricket workforce’s talisman will draw confidence from his previous document Down Underneath.
“As a result of he hasn’t bought runs in opposition to New Zealand, he’ll be very, very hungry. Even in that Adelaide Check, the place within the second innings we bought all out for 36, within the first innings, Kohli bought 70-plus runs (74 runs) earlier than being run out. He’s persistently carried out at Adelaide, so it’s a well-recognized floor for him. Earlier than Adelaide, it’s Perth, the place he performed one of many most interesting Check centuries in 2018-19. A terrific hundred. Having carried out on these grounds, he’ll really feel that additional little bit of confidence. After all, you want a little bit of luck at the beginning, but when he will get off to an excellent begin, he’ll get massive runs,” Gavaskar mentioned on Star Sports activities.
