New DelhiIt is very rare that Virat Kohli is on Australia tour and is not in the news. Now Virat’s coach Rajkumar Sharma Bhai has jumped into the war of words going on between Gambhir and Ponting regarding Virat. After a long time, Rajkumar Sharma broke the silence and said that Virat knows how to answer his critics, Virat has answered with the bat before and will do so in future also.
Exclusive conversation with News 18: Virat’s coach Rajkumar ji blamed the team management’s decision for Virat’s poor form. Virat is a stroke player and any batsman would have struggled on the pitches on which Virat batted. The coach also said that what a scared decision was taken by the team management due to which even a batsman like Virat was seen struggling to score runs.
Virat is ready to attack
Everyone heard the echo of Virat’s bat in the first two practice sessions in Perth. While talking to News 18, Rajkumar ji said that Virat is feeling very good in Australia and is in touch like 2014, so some big innings can be seen from his bat. The coach has asked Virat to remember his last Australian tour when he had scored 692 runs and see what strategy was made for the Kangaroo bowlers then. Anyway, whenever Kohli tours Australia, some story or the other has definitely been created.
Kohli’s story in the country of kangaroos
Kohli clashed with fans in 2012
It is rare for Virat to go on a tour to Australia and not become a story. The first story related to Kohli was during the Sydney Test in 2012. Something happened during the match that Kohli was forced to show the middle finger to the audience, due to which he was criticized a lot. Kohli later expressed regret for his actions.
2014 First the ball hit Kohli’s head and then the bat created a ruckus.
Virat Kohli became another story on the 2014-15 tour. During this time he faced Australian cricketer Mitchell Johnson. On the first ball of the series in Adelaide, Johnson’s bouncer hit Kohli on the head, which started a bitter rivalry between the two. Despite this stress, Kohli played a brilliant series, scoring 692 runs with four centuries. However, India lost the series 2–0.
Kohli’s attack on journalist in 2015
Kohli was involved in an unpleasant incident during the 2015 Australia tour, when he verbally abused an Indian journalist in Australia. He had mistaken him for another journalist who had written negatively about him and actress Anushka Sharma. Although Kohli later apologized for this mistake, this story remained in the headlines for years.
Kohli collided with the captain in 2018
There was also a big dispute between Kohli and Australian captain Tim Paine during the Perth Test in 2018. Their argument on the field escalated so much that the umpires had to intervene. Later, the war of words continued between Paine and Virat throughout the series.
What kind of story will Kohli write in 2024?
How important this Australia tour is for Virat can be gauged from the fact that he reached there first. He is in constant touch with his childhood coach and is doing everything so that he can leave his mark in Australia again with the same enthusiasm and shine. Virat himself also knows that who knows, this could be his last Australia tour.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 13, 2024, 3:55 PM IST