Ind vs Aus: Danish Kaneria warned Kohli to beware of Australia’s premier pacer Mitchell Starc as he gets the ball to come back in sharply.
Vizag: Former India captain Virat Kohli hit a century in the final Test against Australia at Ahmedabad and helped the side qualify for the WTC final. With Kohli regaining form in red-ball cricket in the final Test, he would be one of India’s key players in the WTC final at Kensington Oval. A couple of months ahead of the summit clash, former Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria warned Kohli to beware of Australia’s premier pacer Mitchell Starc as he gets the ball to come back in sharply.
“Virat Kohli isn’t comfortable against left-arm pacers when the ball nips back.
“He will have to practice to face Mitchell Starc in the World Test Championship final. The team management should bring in left-arm pacers like T Natarajan as net bowlers,” noted Kaneria in a video shared on his YouTube channel.
Hailing KL Rahul for his comeback after being dropped in Tests, Kaneria reckoned the Indian batter looked composed and blamed the Australian bowlers for not attacking his pads often.
“KL Rahul has dealt a major setback. He was dropped from the Test team and he knows that he will have to deliver now and have to be very sensible. Dropping someone is never the solution. You need to fix the problems.”He looked very composed today and the Australian bowlers couldn’t hit his pads as he was getting behind the line of the ball.”
Probable Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur.
Australia: Steve Smith (C), David Warner, Travis Head, Marcus Stoinis, Cameron Green, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Sean Abbott, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa.
