Team India head coach Ravi Shastri vowed Sunday that skipper Virat Kohli will not tone down his aggression despite Australia’s new, polite approach when the two teams battle it out in the four-Test series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy that begins on December 6 at Adelaide Oval.
“He won’t take his foot off the gas that is for sure,” he warned. “He loves coming to Australia, he’s passionate about his game and the pitches here suit his style of play.”
However, before departing Kohli said in a press conference that he is looking for a sledge-free series in Australia.
“Those were very immature things that I used to feed on in the early days of my career so that I could get pumped up and don’t necessarily feel all that pressure and the focus is precise,” he had said.
Shastri added that his team has learned from their losses in series defeats against other Test nations in 2018.
“I think just seeing the way they’ve played over the last four or five years, and also the way they played the last time they came to Australia (gives confidence),” he said.
“The nucleus of the team is pretty much the same, so if you look at it experience-wise, they’ve gained a lot, touring a lot over the last four years.
“If they learn from the mistakes they’ve made in some of the earlier tours, it should stand them in good stead.
