India Will Miss Virat Kohli, Says Allan Border Who’s Confident That Australia Will Win The Test Series

Nov 20, 2020 at 4:48 PM

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India Will Miss Virat Kohli, Says Allan Border Who’s Confident That Australia Will Win The Test Series

While India will miss their batting mainstay and captain — Virat Kohli in the Test series, Australia will have full force with Steve Smith and David Warner back in the fold. Thus, former Australian cricketer Allan Border believes that his countrymen have the upper hand in the four-match Test series.

Virat Kohli has taken paternity leave for the last three Test matches as he is expecting the birth of his first child in early January. The series will begin on December 17 with a pink-ball Test match. Team India captain will play the first-ever day-night Test match against Australia but will return home before the second Test.

Allan Border believes that it is hard for the Indian team to find the replacement of Virat Kohli.

“I think that is a big ‘out’ for India,” Allan Border told a leading newspaper. “He is irreplaceable at the moment as a batsman and as a leader,” he added.

India will miss the aggression and passion of Virat Kohli: Allan Border

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Virat Kohli leads his team. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

Border likes flamboyant batsman’s aggressive style. He opined that India is going to miss Kohli’s aggression and passion in the field.

“I love the way he plays his game — he wears his heart on his sleeve. I like his aggression and passion for the game. India as a team will miss that,” Border said.

While Virat Kohli will be out, Rohit Sharma is available to play the Test series. Everyone is expecting him to fill the big shoes of the captain. However, the hitman has not good stats in foreign conditions. So far, he has played only 32 Test matches, scoring 2141 runs.

Last year, Rohit first time played as an opener in Tests after KL Rahul had a disappointing outing in Test cricket. Rohit went on to score back to back two centuries in his new avatar. But as Rahul has returned in the Test squad, it will be interesting to see which position Sharma gets a chance to play.

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