Legendary cricketer

This refers to legendary Australian wicket-keeper Ian Healy’s advice to his country pace bowlers to attack and to employ every strategy — targeting Virat Kohli’s “Body Bashing”. No doubt, Virat Kohli is going through a lean patch. But he is an experienced professional, who expects aggression from his opponents to bring out his best.

Probably Healy has forgotten the tons scored by Kohli during his previous tours Down Under. At the same time, Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has rightly advised the OZ pace-men should avoid getting into confrontation, not only with Kohli, but also with our young guns like Jaiswal, Pant and even Rohit Sharma, who loves challenges.

Overconfidence could prove to be a bane for Cummins and company. But our batsmen should be wary of taking on their lion-hearted Nathan Lyon.

Vinay Mahadevan,

Dubai