NEW DELHI: One of many key battles within the eagerly awaited Border Gavaskar Trophy, might be between main Australia pacer Mitchell Starc taking over India stalwart Virat Kohli.
Of their 19 innings collectively, Kohli and Starc have confronted off, and within the Check format, the Indian has been extraordinarily dominant in opposition to the left-arm bowler.
Though Kohli defeated him of their head-to-head match, Starc admitted that he nonetheless enjoys his confrontations with the Indian forward of the collection.
“I take pleasure in my battles with Virat Kohli, it is as a result of we have performed numerous cricket in opposition to each other. I all the time have some good battles. I’ve managed to get him out a couple of times, and he is little doubt scored a good few runs in opposition to me, so it is all the time a great contest and one we each take pleasure in,” Starc stated on Star Sports activities.
Starc additionally referred to India coach Gautam Gambhir as a “incredible thinker” of the sport and lauded his sense of crew spirit.
The brand new chapter has gotten off to an excellent begin below Gambhir. India has simply conquered each problem given earlier than them, even when they misplaced the ODI collection in opposition to Sri Lanka.
Gambhir’s largest problem as head coach since changing Rahul Dravid would be the a lot anticipated Border Gavaskar Trophy, which begins in Perth on November 22.
Earlier than the collection, Starc heaped Gambhir with reward for his professionalism and willingness to place crew spirit forward of individualism.
“I imply, talking from my expertise at Kolkata, he’s a incredible thinker of the sport. He is all the time excited about the opponent and get them out as a bowling assault or rating runs as a batting assault,” Starc stated.
“It isn’t simply particular person gamers it is all the time in regards to the crew focus and get on high of little issues that he may see in strategies or in a subject placement or something like that. The 9 weeks that I spent with him had been incredible. In a T20 setup, I do know that he is acquired some good issues,” he added.
