Legendary pacer Glenn McGrath has urged Australia’s bowlers to put constant pressure on Virat Kohli when they face India later this year.
The two sides meet Down Under from November where they will play three T20s, four Tests and three ODIs.
The last time Kohli played in Australia in 2014/15, he struck four Test centuries, scoring 692 runs at 86.50.
McGrath believes it will be intriguing how he will fare against the likes of Australia pacers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazelwood.
“I want to see Australians put pressure on Kohli and just see how he handles it,” McGrath was quoted as saying in the Sydney Morning Herald. “It’s going to be a good, hard, tough series. Kohli has got a bit of an aggressive attitude but showed last time he was out here he’s not going to take a backward step. It’s going to be an interesting summer.
“The Windies of the late 70s, early 80s were an incredible team and they used to target the captain of the opposition team and get on top of him and have a big impact. I tried to bring that in by targeting players when I played. If you get on top of them, the No.1 player and their captain, it makes the job so much easier.
“If they can get on top of Kohli I think it can have a big effect on the game.”
He added: “India are not a bad team, they’ve got a decent bowling attack, they’ve got some good spinners as well,” McGrath said. “With Steve Smith and Dave Warner not there it leaves a little bit of a gap. Fingers crossed it can be a good solid series with Australia just getting across the line 4-0.”
