‘Virat Kohli always pushes the boundaries’: Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann

After the IPL extravaganza, the main target has now firmly shifted to India’s tour of Australia which would be the Men in Blue’s first project since March this yr.

India’s limited-overs and Test sides are already in Sydney coaching for the three-match ODIs, three T20Is and four-Test sequence down below.

The build-up to the sequence has already began to warmth up with talks surrounding India skipper Virat Kohli.

Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann was the most recent to voice his opinion on Kohli. The India skipper will play the six limited-overs matches however will fly again dwelling after the primary Test in Adelaide to be along with his spouse Anushka Sharma who will give start to their first baby.

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Lehmann feels Kohli will give his 100% to win the lone Test he’s taking part in in.

“That’s just the way he plays; he plays full of energy and doesn’t want to lose,” Lehmann instructed Sydney Morning Herald in keeping with information company PTI.

Lehmann mentioned Kohli has the hallmark of a fantastic participant as he all the time pushes the boundary.

“He always pushes the boundaries, but that’s what great players do. He wants to win every game. That was one of the more fiery ones [2017 series] going around in recent years,” Lehmann mentioned.

Former Australia batsman Greg Chappell too hailed Kohli as among the finest gamers on this planet.

“I think he’s certainly one of the best players and one of the most influential players in world cricket at the moment,” mentioned Chappell.

“He has strong views, he’s quite happy to speak those views, he’s quite happy to put himself out there and back himself to back up his words,” Chappell mentioned.

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy will start with a day-night encounter on the Adelaide Oval on December 17, adopted by Tests on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (December 26), the Sydney Cricket Ground (January 7) and the Gabba (January 15).