Virat Kohli makes critical changes ahead of Gabba Test: Harbhajan breaks down

Star India batter Virat Kohli is training hard in the nets ahead of the 3rd Test vs Australia. Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh pointed out the critical changes the India batter made. Kohli was working on his back-foot game as he geared up for the Brisbane Test. The Gabba pitch will also have a lot of pace and bounce to offer and the batters need to have a strong back-foot game. Harbhajan, who has played a lot of cricket with Kohli, highlighted that he has been a front-foot batter but is working on his back-foot game to tackle the bounce in the Gabba.

“Yes, whatever little I have seen him batting in the nets today. I have played a lot of crcket with him. He is a front foot player. Knowing the bounce on Indian soil, you have to be on your front foot. The people who have played here, the likes of Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Langer, Hayden. They were good back foot players, because of the bounce. It is the kind of bounce you get in Australia, you have to be good player of bounce. You need to have a good backfoot game. That’s what he was practising,” Harbhajan tols Star Sports.

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Kohli works on back-foot game

Harbhajan is hoping for Kohli to make a comeback in the 3rd Test after a rare failure at one of his hunting grounds in Adelaide.

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“Specifically I have noticed today. He was playig a lot of deliveries on the backfoot. He was going forward for the fuller ball but those balls which were slightly shorter than the length of full ball, he was either leaving or trying to play them. The ball from the back foot, he knows that Gabba will be a different wicket where he will get to face a lot of bounce and pace and that back foot game needs to be included in his game. Good to see him working on the game. I am sure, knowing Virat Kohli, we have seen him making a comeback after every setback,” he added.

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