NEW DELHI: One of many key battles within the eagerly awaited Border Gavaskar Trophy, shall 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.
Although Kohli defeated him of their head-to-head match, Starc admitted that he nonetheless enjoys his confrontations with the Indian forward of the sequence.
“I get pleasure from 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 few times, and he is little question scored a good few runs in opposition to me, so it is all the time contest and one we each get pleasure from,” Starc mentioned on Star Sports activities.
Starc additionally referred to India coach Gautam Gambhir as a “improbable thinker” of the sport and lauded his sense of crew spirit.
The brand new chapter has gotten off to a superb begin beneath Gambhir. India has simply conquered each problem given earlier than them, even when they misplaced the ODI sequence 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 sequence, 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 improbable thinker of the sport. He is all the time desirous about the opponent and how you can get them out as a bowling assault or how you can rating runs as a batting assault,” Starc mentioned.
“It isn’t simply particular person gamers it is all the time concerning the crew focus and how you can get on prime of little issues that he would possibly see in strategies or in a discipline placement or something like that. The 9 weeks that I spent with him had been improbable. In a T20 setup, I do know that he is bought some good issues,” he added.
