Adelaide, Oct 21: Australia batter Matthew Short believes his team’s pacers will continue to exploit Virat Kohli’s recent weakness outside off stump when India face Australia in the second ODI here on Thursday.
Kohli, who was dismissed for a duck in the series opener in Perth, will be eager to bounce back at the Adelaide Oval, his most successful overseas venue with five international centuries and an average of 65 across formats.
“I’m not in the fast-bowling meetings, but that seems to be the way he has been getting out recently,” Short told reporters.
“Some of the guys like ‘Hoff’ (Josh Hazlewood) and ‘Starcy’ (Mitchell Starc), they have bowled a lot against him, they know what they’re doing.
“In Perth they sort of let the conditions do all the work, a bit of swing and nip on the wicket, so I’m sure they’ll do the same again.” India had overwhelming support from a 42,423-strong crowd at the Optus Stadium in the first ODI of the white-ball series, most of whom had turned up to watch Rohit and Kohli return to action after more than seven months. (PTI)
