Virat Kohli feels lively wickets aren’t anything new for his team and India are more excited than nervous to play on such surfaces.
India’s 31 run victory in the first Test in Adelaide was a reversal from their first Test on the last away tour – to England – where they had lost the Edgbaston Test by the same margin.
What followed Edgbaston was a lively wicket at Lord’s where India barely managed to pass 100 in both innings as England secured a massive innings victory. A day out from the second Test against Australia the pitch at the Perth International Cricket Stadium, which is set to host its first Test, bears a green top, but Kohli and his team aren’t nervous at all.
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India have experienced challenging batting conditions throughout the year. They started 2018 with a tour to South Africa where the final Test was played on a Johannesburg wicket that Kohli described as unlike any wicket he’s played on before.
“For us, as batsmen, it also gives us a lot of motivation and boosts us up that we can put in those match-winning significant batting performances because we have so much belief in our bowling unit right now,” he said.
“We understand that if we bat well, we will definitely get the result that we want. It’s a very exciting phase to be in.”
