"We Knew It Was Going To Be Tough Bowling To Virat Kohli": Australia Star's Huge Statement

Virat Kohli is not someone who would miss a chance to score a 'daddy hundred' on a decent batting track and, on Sunday, he showed how to do it, said Australia wicket-keeper Alex Carey. Kohli scored 186 in India's 571 as the fourth Test entered the fifth day and Australia need to bat out two sessions well to eke out a draw. "No surprise, he (Kohli) got in a decent batting track and went big and showed how to do it really. He's a class player and he didn't give us a chance really," Carey said at the end of the fourth day's play. "We knew it was going to be tough bowling to Virat. We were able to contain him as much as we could and try to take wickets around him," Carey added.

The keeper said that expecting the spectators present to rally behind Kohli is a known thing and he was ready for the noise decibel levels to go up.

"Anytime you come to India and Virat's next in or batting, you know it's going to be noisy and he played really well today. But I thought we hung in really well." Carey made it amply clear in a roundabout manner that an Australian victory is literally out of question.

"It is going to be a massive challenge obviously," he said, adding, "We will put a fair bit of focus on that first hour of cricket and then we'll see how that unfolds." India not having the services of Shreyas Iyer was a big loss and the visitors were happy to keep the lead down to less than 100 (91).

"I thought we did really well today to, I guess, minimise the lead. Obviously, they don't have Shreyas (he left the ground for scans and did not return) batting, so we were able to have a change of innings which was nice later in the day."

Kuhnemann comes out to open

Matt Kuhnemann, who bowled 25 overs of off-break during India's first