The Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting between India and Australia is going to be very important for some players. There will be a tough competition between the two teams in every match of the series and many players will play a big role but more eyes will be on those players in whose career this series can prove to be decisive. Virat Kohli is at the top of this list, who is going through poor form and questions are being raised about his future. Now just before the Test series, a famous Australian commentator has tried to provoke Kohli by calling him weak.
Despite poor form, there is a lot of discussion in Australia
Virat Kohli’s bat was completely silent in the Test series against New Zealand. In the 6 innings of the 3 test matches of the series, only one half-century was scored by Virat’s bat, while he could score only 93 runs in the entire series. Earlier, he had also failed in the series against Bangladesh. Team India had to face a crushing defeat of 0-3 against New Zealand, after which questions have been raised on the career of many players including Kohli and there is a danger of being dropped from the team if they fail in the Australia tour.
Despite this, before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he is discussed in the entire Australian media and every day in different newspapers there, big pictures of Kohli along with adjectives like ‘King’, ‘God’, ‘GOAT’ are used for him. Have been. Despite this, there is talk about Virat’s form but what former Australian all-rounder and famous commentator Kerry O’Keefe has said about Virat, has been said by hardly anyone in the whole of Australia in these days.
Trying to tease Kohli!
While talking to Australian website Fox.com.au, O’Keefe talked about Team India and during this, when Virat was mentioned, he made a statement teasing and provoking Kohli. O’Keefe said, “Kohli has been a brilliant player and has troubled Australia for so many years but it often happens in sports that when the king of the jungle becomes weak, you tease him forcefully.”
However, he is also aware of Kohli’s ability and hence also said that if this series is great for Kohli then Team India can also win. O’Keefe said that he would like to see how Kohli performs in the current conditions. As far as Kohli’s performance is concerned, the former Indian captain has scored 1352 runs in 13 Tests at an average of 54 in Australia, in which he has scored 6 centuries and 4 half-centuries.
