Mitchell Starc (L) and Virat Kohli© X (Twitter)
Australia’s mainstay Mitchell Starc is trying ahead to his battle with India’s stalwart Virat Kohli within the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy. Kohli and Starc have confronted one another in 19 innings, and the Indian has been dominant towards the left-arm pacer within the Test format. The seasoned Indian batter has garnered 291 runs at a median of 59.00 towards the fiery tempo of Starc. On the opposite hand, Starc has had the chance to indicate Kohli the path to the pavilion solely 4 instances. Ahead of the upcoming BGT, Starc acknowledged that he enjoys his battles with Kohli regardless of the Indian outperforming him of their head-to-head battle.
“I enjoy my battles with Virat Kohli, it’s because we’ve played a lot of cricket against one another. I always have some good battles. I’ve managed to get him out once or twice, and he’s no doubt scored a fair few runs against me, so it’s always a good contest and one we both enjoy,” Starc advised Star Sports.
Kohli’s battle towards Starc in Australian situations will not be the one fascinating battle that can unfold on the sector.
All-rounder Glenn Maxwell feels the head-to-head battle between star India and Australia batters Virat Kohli and Steve Smith will probably be thrilling to look at.
“I think probably the way that the two superstar batters, Steve Smith and Virat Kohli, are probably head-to-head, seeing how their dominance, I suppose, is asserted on the series and how much of an influence that has on who takes home the Border Gavaskar Trophy. One of those two is going to make a lot of runs, if not both of them, and it is going to be pretty exciting to watch the two of the finest players of our generation go head-to-head,” Maxwell just lately advised Star Sports.
The Border-Gavaskar sequence between India and Australia will start on November 22, with the primary Test at Perth.
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