IND vs AUS: If Virat Kohli is provoked then shame will come…the veteran warned the Australian team

Cricket News Desk. The Border Gavaskar Trophy will start with the first Test match to be played in Perth. This match will be played on 22 November. The Indian team will play in the first match without Rohit Sharma, who is in India for the birth of his second child. Jasprit Bumrah will be seen captaining the team in this match. Before the start of the series, former veteran all-rounder Shane Watson has warned the Australian team against provoking Virat Kohli.

Watson's warning to Australia

Former all-rounder Shane Watson has advised the Australian team not to mess with Virat Kohli in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as he believes the passion with which the great Indian batsman plays when provoked brings out the best in him. Is. Kohli has been going through poor form in Test cricket for some time now, but he has performed brilliantly in Australia in the recent times. He will look to regain his rhythm in the five-match series starting at the Optus Stadium.

Virat will have to be provoked fiercely!

Australia will have to bear the brunt of provoking Kohli. Watson has experienced this himself. “One thing I know about Virat is the passion he brings to every ball in the match,” Watson said on the 'Willow Talk Podcast'. “But in recent times there have been moments when the fire inside him has started to die out, because it is very difficult to maintain that intensity in every moment of the match,” he said. The former all-rounder said, 'And here Australia should leave him alone and hope that he does not bring this feeling.'

Kohli's performance in Australia

Kohli has played 13 Tests in Australia since 2011 and during this period he has scored 1352 runs at an average of 54.08 with six centuries and four half-centuries. In this, 169 runs is his best performance. Kohli is touring Australia for the fifth time and his best performance came in the 2014–15 series, where he scored 692 runs in four Test matches at an average of 86.50 with four centuries and one half-century. This year in Test cricket, Kohli has scored only 250 runs in six matches at an average of 22.72, of which 70 runs is his best performance.