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Virat Kohli and Steve Smith. (Photo by Philip Brown/Popperfoto via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Both Virat Kohli and Steve Smith are going through a lean patch. Both former captains of their respective teams and both batting greats.Ahead of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, which begins in Perth from Friday, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has some advice for both Kohli and Smith.Border-Gavaskar TrophyHaving scored six hundreds from 13 Test matches and averaging 54.08, Kohli has historically dominated red-ball cricket in Australia but he has only averaged 22.72 in his six Test matches this season.After scoring just 91 runs in India's shocking 0-3 series loss to New Zealand at home earlier this month, Kohli enters his seventh tour to Australia.The 36-year-old Kohli has scored...

(Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Steve Smith, the renowned Australian batsman, is preparing for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a focus on countering Ravichandran Ashwin's spin bowling. Smith acknowledges Ashwin's prowess, particularly after the Indian spinner dismissed him multiple times in recent encounters. During the 2020-21 series, Ashwin secured Smith's wicket three times, and in 2023, he repeated the feat twice, limiting Smith to a mere 22 runs. Smith is determined to reverse this trend in the upcoming series."I don't like getting out to off-spin in Australia. But he's also a very good bowler and he came in with some decent plans. There were a couple of occasions where he got on top of me," Smith told the Sydney Morning Herald.Smith believes a proactive appro...

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‘They’ve got plenty of…’: Ricky Ponting’s advice for Virat Kohli and Steve Smith | Cricket News – Times of India

‘I don’t like getting out to off-spin in Australia’: Smith reveals strategy to tackle Ashwin | – Times of India