Australia pacers told to go merciless against Virat Kohli

Former Australia cricketer Ian Healy has asked Australia pacers to target prized wicket of Virat Kohli in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Test series.

Speaking to SEN Radio, Healy emphasised targeting Kohli’s front pad with incisive deliveries as a primary strategy.

“The first matchup I’m looking at is how our quicks can bowl to Virat Kohli, and I think they should target his front pad quite often,” Healy suggested.

“He sits that front foot there and he can play from anywhere — he can play square on the off-side, he can whip onto the leg-side or he can rock back — but they’ve got to look for any sort of insecurity in his form and maybe target that front pad.”

“Don’t do it every ball because he’ll get used to it — it’s the impact ball that has to be on the front pad after he is set up with seam,” he explained.