The upcoming Border-Gavaskar Indian wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik believes Virat Kohli.
Steve Smith are the two key batters for their respective and the Trophy starting in Nagpur on Thursday. The first two and obvious choices are Virat Kohli for India and Steve Smith for Australia. On his Instagram reel titled DK Style, Karthik while picking his five key players for the series said:
“ The first two are obvious choices: Virat Kohli for India and Steve Smith for Australia. Virat Kohli mainly because when he gets going he makes it big and he is always troubling the Australians.”
It’s very similar to Steven Smith who has got plenty of runs against India, On the other hand, is arguably Australia’s best batter against spin. The series has to be from Steven Smith’s plate” is the Australia want to create a dent
In the 20 Test matches against Kohli scored 1682 runs at an average of 48.06 and in the seven centuries against them Australia On the other hand by vice-captain Smith scored 1742 runs at an average of 72.58 the hosts with eight centuries.
The spinners Talking about Karthik said:
“For me, this series is all about spinners with two best spinners on both sides. R Ashwin for India has a massive mental edge over Australia and Nathan Lyon for Australia, if he gets going he is definitely gonna be a thorn in India’s flesh.”
About Shreyas Iyer, Karthik said:
“The last for me is a very critical player. I feel India will definitely play on tracks that aid spin and Shreyas Iyer is someone who plays spin beautifully. If he gets going, especially against spin, he can hit a ball a long way and cause a lot of trouble”
With 89 wickets against Australia at an average of 1.48 from 18 matches the Indian off-spinner has picked up the Aussie picked up 94 wickets from 22 games at an average of 34.76.
