Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has expressed strong confidence in Virat Kohli ahead of India’s upcoming three-match ODI series against Australia. With Shubman Gill captaining the side and Shreyas Iyer as his deputy, Kohli will be making his return to international cricket after featuring only in the IPL since the Champions Trophy.
Harbhajan highlighted that Kohli thrives in high-pressure situations and often delivers his best performances in crucial moments.
“𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕; 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕 𝑲𝒐𝒉𝒍𝒊 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉-𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒉𝒂𝒋𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝑱𝒊𝒐𝑯𝒐𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓.
Harbhajan Expecting Big Performances on Australian Soil
The spinner further noted that Kohli relishes challenges, especially against Australia, which has historically been one of his favorite hunting grounds. Harbhajan predicted that Kohli could score at least two centuries in the three ODIs.
“𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎. 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝑷𝑳. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑶𝑫𝑰𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆, 𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅.
The first ODI of the series is scheduled for October 19 in Perth. While Rohit Sharma will be playing solely as a batter, his experience and leadership are expected to provide vital support to the team.
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