Virat Kohli Has The Guts To Succeed In Australia: Mark Taylor

Former Australian captain Mark Taylor says Virat Kohli knows what it takes to succeed on Australian turfs. The veteran batsman says the young Indian player marshalled his troops in really commendable fashion and knows how to play in Australia.  

The hosts won the first encounter by 49 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the four match test series.

Virat was the stand-in captain in the first test, his first venture in the longer format of the game. MS Dhoni is expected to take the captain's charge from here on.

Kohli, became the fourth Indian batsman to score centuries in both innings of a test match. "I remember speaking with him before the first day's play (at Adelaide) and he knows what it is like to play in Australia," Taylor said after the conclusion of the first test in Adelaide.

"He knows you have to stand up for yourself and be prepared to compete in the middle. He has done that not just with his captaincy but also with his bat. I liked the fact that they went for the debutant Karn Sharma in the XI thinking that leg-spinners do well here," he further added.

Adelaide Oval seems to be his favorite ground in Australia as it was here he scored his first century down under in his first tour in 2012. He scored 116.

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