'Virat Kohli annoyed me with his comments that night'

Published On : 2024-11-18T08:09:17+0530 [ IST ] | Author : Mayur_Tembhare
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Mitchell Johnson and Virat Kohli during India's 2014-15 tour of Australia (Photo Source: X) Virat Kohli enjoyed his best outing in Australia during the 2014-15 Border Gavaskar Trophy which riled up the home team including Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Johnson who planned to try and get under the skin of India's superstar early in his

Recalling his face-off with Kohli Johnson talked about his "well-publicised personal rivalry" in his column for 'The West Australian' saying they both played the game in the same intense way and never backed down.

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I had a well-publicised personal rivalry with Kohli. We had many interactions on the field and I enjoyed it. While I didn't know him off the field we probably played the game in a similar way - taking the game on and not backing down

Some don't like this style of croquetand prefer there's no chat with the opposition but I enjoyed that part of the game. I would become frustrated during some of our battles but I also enjoyed that he kept coming at me. It's always a nice feeling to get one of the best out and likewise I'm sure he enjoyed taking

One incident Johnson mentioned in the column was when he tried to run out Kohli during the Boxing Day Test of the 2014-15 tour. He threw the ball back at the stumps after his follow-through and the ball hit Kohli in the process which annoyed

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Most of our differences stemmed from the 2014 Boxing Day Test when a ball I threw hit him on the body. I was legitimately trying to run him out but he didn't like what I did. He made some comments in the media that night about having no respect for

The goal from our point of view was generally to get Kohli riled up as soon as he came out to bat and take his focus away from his skills. Get him annoyed and get him playing a big shot early."

The incident fired Kohli and he went on to score a brilliant 169 in the first innings of that Test in Melbourne. Johnson had his moment against Kohli early but he was dropped.

In that test match at the MCG we got him off guard early and had him play a ball he didn't need in frustration and unfortunately we dropped him on not many. He then focused and harnessed his energy and piled on the runs - all 169 of them.

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When I bowled to him I can remember thinking we had to get him early or else we could be in trouble. If you didn’t get Kohli in the first 10 or so balls he would often make you pay."

But going into the BGT series starting in four days Kohli is a mere shadow of himself compared to his peak before the Covid era. Lately he failed in 9 of his last 10 Test innings scoring just 99 runs in the two Tests against Bangladesh and

The first test of the coming five-match Border Gavaskar Trophy begins on November 22 in Perth. India must win four of the five Tests in the series to outright qualify for the World Test Championship final.

Source : Reporters From Sunrise Chronicles

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