India's Virat Kohli astatine the Wankhede Stadium during the bid against New Zealand. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Former Australia cricketer Ian Healy wants Australian gait trio of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc to attack Virat Kohli’s assemblage in the archetypal Test of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy, starting from November 22 astatine Perth.
“Body bash. Bowl astatine the backmost armpit, that’s the close limb arsenic a right-handed batsman … and it’s got to beryllium hot,” Healy told SENQ Breakfast.
“Have him jumping astatine times if helium wants to thrust those deliveries – ducking, weaving oregon bending backwards.
“Get that abbreviated limb presumption close adjacent to him connected the limb broadside and if you request a bumper, it’s got to spell astatine the badge. He mightiness effort to bust retired of a hard spell with a hook changeable oregon propulsion changeable and that volition beryllium hard to power if it’s badge height.”
Kohli has been ascendant successful Australia successful the erstwhile tours arsenic helium is averaging 54.08 and has amassed six centuries successful 13 Tests helium has played successful down under.
India’s Virat Kohli bats successful the nets astatine the Wankhede Stadium during the bid against New Zealand. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Ian Healy says the archetypal match-up helium is looking astatine however the Australian quicks volition vessel to Virat Kohli astatine Perth.
“The archetypal matchup I’m looking astatine is however our quicks tin vessel to Virat Kohli, and I deliberation they should people his beforehand pad rather often,” helium said.
“He sits that beforehand ft determination and helium tin play from anyplace – helium tin play quadrate connected the off-side, helium tin whip onto the leg-side oregon helium tin stone backmost … but they’ve got to look for immoderate benignant of insecurity successful his signifier and possibly people that beforehand pad.
“But don’t bash it each shot due to the fact that he’ll get utilized to it … it’s the interaction shot that has to beryllium connected the beforehand pad aft helium is acceptable up with seam.”