{"id":32934,"date":"2017-02-03T09:31:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T09:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32934"},"modified":"2017-02-03T09:31:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T09:31:29","slug":"michael-hussey-warns-australia-against-sledging-virat-kohli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32934","title":{"rendered":"Michael Hussey warns Australia against sledging Virat Kohli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-30072\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/virat-kohli-india-test-skipper.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"320\" alt=\"virat kohli india test skipper\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/virat-kohli-india-test-skipper.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/virat-kohli-india-test-skipper-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/virat-kohli-india-test-skipper-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Sydney: Former Test star Michael Hussey has warned the India-bound Australian cricket team for a four-Test tour not to antagonise Virat Kohli, saying sledging the Indian captain may boomerang on the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Calling Kohli &#8220;a real competitor&#8221;, the 41-year-old Hussey, who played 79 Tests before retiring in 2013, said engaging in a verbal spat with the Indian skipper will only fire him up which will benefit the hosts in the matches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"blogs\/43942-mahendra-singh-dhoni-vs-virat-kohli-who-is-a-better-captain?highlight=WyJ2aXJhdCIsIid2aXJhdCciLCJ2aXJhdCdzIiwia29obGkiLCJrb2hsaSdzIiwidmlyYXQga29obGkiXQ==\">Mahendra Singh Dhoni vs Virat Kohli: Who is a better captain?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t try and fire him up. I think he thrives on that and he&#8217;s a real competitor. He loves being in the fight and loves the contest out in the middle,&#8221; Hussey was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d make sure we have some very clear plans and we try and stick to them as best as we possibly can. There&#8217;s no need to get involved in that sort of verbal barrage because I think that fires him up even more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hussey has instead asked Steve Smith&#8217;s men to back their skills and focus on the game rather than engaging in on-field antics during the tough tour of the subcontinent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t want to get carried away with too much talk and lose your concentration of what&#8217;s important, which is executing your skills.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The team that wins will be the one that can execute their skills at the highest quality and for the longest period of time. It&#8217;s not going to be the team that&#8217;s the most verbal or the most aggressive,&#8221; said Hussey, who averaged more on Asian soil than any other Australia batsman to have played five Tests or more in those conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The first of the four-match Test rubber will be played from February 23 in Pune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-30072\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/virat-kohli-india-test-skipper.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"320\" alt=\"virat kohli india test skipper\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/virat-kohli-india-test-skipper.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/virat-kohli-india-test-skipper-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/virat-kohli-india-test-skipper-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Sydney: Former Test star Michael Hussey has warned the India-bound Australian cricket team for a four-Test tour not to antagonise Virat Kohli, saying sledging the Indian captain may boomerang on the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Calling Kohli &#8220;a real competitor&#8221;, the 41-year-old Hussey, who played 79 Tests before retiring in 2013, said engaging in a verbal spat with the Indian skipper will only fire him up which will benefit the hosts in the matches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"blogs\/43942-mahendra-singh-dhoni-vs-virat-kohli-who-is-a-better-captain?highlight=WyJ2aXJhdCIsIid2aXJhdCciLCJ2aXJhdCdzIiwia29obGkiLCJrb2hsaSdzIiwidmlyYXQga29obGkiXQ==\">Mahendra Singh Dhoni vs Virat Kohli: Who is a better captain?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t try and fire him up. I think he thrives on that and he&#8217;s a real competitor. He loves being in the fight and loves the contest out in the middle,&#8221; Hussey was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[4744,6693,466,3144,542],"class_list":["post-32934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-cricket-news","tag-india-vs-australia","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-michael-hussey","tag-virat-kohli"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael Hussey warns Australia against sledging Virat Kohli - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32934\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Hussey warns Australia against sledging Virat Kohli - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sydney: Former Test star Michael Hussey has warned the India-bound Australian cricket team for a four-Test tour not to antagonise Virat Kohli, saying sledging the Indian captain may boomerang on the visitors. 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