Legendary Australian pacer passes massive judgement on Virat Kohli before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25

Former Australian pacer Brett Lee supported Virat Kohli before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, stating that even though Kohli has had a lot of ups and downs in his forms in recent times, but that is not something to be worried about.

Australian legendary pacer Brett Lee gave his praise on India’s star batter Virat Kohli before the series opener of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, set to begin November 22 in Perth.

Kohli is a player who has the light on him for most of the time because of his form in the longest format of the game. He has scored 250 runs in Tests this year. However, Brett Lee supported Kohli before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

“He’s got an Australian mentality, a never-say-die attitude. He doesn’t mind getting into a scrap. He doesn’t mind having a crack. There has been a lot of conjecture around his form recently, but I’m not worried about that. I know with Kohli, he’s got the experience underneath his belt,” Lee told FoxCricket. 

“He may have only got 90 runs in the three-test series against the Kiwis, but who cares? When he comes out here, he has a great record in Australia,” Lee added.

Brett Lee also stated that Kohli will be looking forward to perform against Australia. He compared the challenge of facing Kohli to his own experience of bowling to Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar, which highlights the intensity that these matches bring.

“There has been a lot of speculation and conjecture around Kohli’s form, and I can promise you that when he gets out here, he will be raring to go, because he is a superstar,” Lee said. 

“It is an old cliche where you don’t want to try to play against the name. You try to treat him, with all due respect, as (another) batsman. And it was the same when I was bowling against Sachin Tendulkar. You can get overawed by the stature of the guy and the history and what he has achieved, but the thing with Kohli is that he loves to get into a scrap,” he concluded.

India Squad for Perth Test:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Mohammed Siraj, Sarfaraz Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar, Abhimanyu Easwaran