Former Australia cricketer Aaron Finch feels that Indian star Virat Kohli is trying to pick a fight and be antagonistic because that is when he plays at his best and puts all his skills on the show.
Virat Kohli has been named frequently in the media during the Border Gavaskar Trophy with a dip in his form and his physical altercation with Sam Konstas due to which ICC fined 20% of the match fee for Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli scored only 167 runs across four tests with an average of 27.83 with just a century in the second innings of the first test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
While speaking on the Podcast, Aaron Finch said, “Virat is someone who has always thrived on pressure and he has thrived when his back is against the wall. It just feels like at this stage, he is trying to put his own back against the wall.”
“He is trying to be antagonistic, he is trying to almost pick a fight because that is when he plays when he feels like someone’s coming at him. That is when he puts all his skills on show.”
“It just feels like he is pushing other people to make him feel like that and we have not seen the best of him in this series yet. He looked beautiful in the first innings at Melbourne and looked like he was not going to get out but Australia have bowled well,” he added.
Virat Kohli has scored 417 runs at an average of 24.52 with barely one century and fifty in 19 innings.
In 38 tests, Virat Kohli scored 2005 runs at an average of 31.32 with three centuries and nine fifties.
In the ongoing WTC cycle, he scored 728 runs in 13 tests with an average of 34.66 with two tons and three fifties in 23 innings and best score of 121. However, Virat Kohli will have one more chance to bounce back as the side is set to play final test of the australia tests.
Australia secured a unassisable 2-1 lead in the BGT with an 184-run victory in the fourth test at Melbourne after the third match resulted in a draw. The final match of the five match series will begin on January 03 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
