Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar believes that Kohli has an idea of what Australian bowlers might plan for him and expects the Delhi-born to practice accordingly. He highlighted that in the last couple of series, Virat left the ball that was pitched outside off and played a drive on a couple of occasions.

The Indian cricket team grinded hard in practice session in Perth ahead of the first Test against Australia as stars Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrtah and Ravichandran Ashwin were in action

India is preparing for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. Jasprit Bumrah is expected to lead the pace attack in the absence of Mohammed Shami. Both bowlers played crucial roles in India's historic Test series win in Australia in 2018-19.