If Given An Opportunity, Will Attack Virat Kohli, Says Mitchell Swepson
Feb 10, 2017 at 6:04 PM
Australia leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson, who is training in Dubai these days with 16-member Test squad, has said if given a chance to play in India, he would like to attack Virat Kohli at before going for wickets.
“Especially as a leg-spinner you’ve got to look to be aggressive and take wickets. It doesn’t matter who you come up against. It’s about blocking out the negatives and seeing that you can potentially get a breakthrough for your team. That’s all that matters,” Swepson was quoted as saying by The Daily Telegraph.
Swepson termed Kohli as the ‘best player’ in the world. In the ongoing Test against Bangladesh, Kohli surpassed his former teammate Virender Sehwag to score most runs in a single season at home in Tests while notching up his double-hundred.
“It’s hard not to respect what he’s done, especially on home soil over there and it’s hard not to think ‘this is Virat Kohli, he’s probably the best player in the world at the moment. I can’t wait to get that opportunity,” Swepson said.
In nine games for Brisbane Heat, Swepson picked 12 wickets, with assistance from the West Indies recruit and his teammate Samuel Badree.
“It’s a good point Sammy (Samuel Badree) has made, you can’t take a step back and let them dictate the game. You’ve got to be on the front foot and be aggressive and try and get the wickets before they get you and before they get settled. It’s a good mentality to take over there,” Swepson added.
Swepson is seeing it as challenge as in the recent past, Australian spinners haven’t done well on the Indian soil.
“You’re a leg-spinner and you’re going to get hit for runs. So at the time you’ve got to be the wicket-taker and you’ve got to get the breakthrough the team needs,”Swepson concluded.