‘We've tried a few different things. It hasn't really worked’
Retiring Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has shed light on how his team's efforts to unsettle Indian batting mainstay Virat Kohli have gone in vain till now.
Virat Kohli's magnificent 82 not out from 51 balls helped India overhaul Australia's 160 with five balls to spare, on Sunday, sending the hosts into the semi-finals as Group 2 runners-up and Steven Smith's men home.
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Watson said that they have tried various techniques to break Kohli's concentration on the field but nothing has really worked out.
"We've tried a few different things. It hasn't really worked. The silent treatment, we thought might work but he (Kohli) still just goes about his business and is able to churn out the runs. And we've also gone fairly hard at him as well, at times," Watson was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
"He knows his game incredibly well and whichever way we go we're just going to have to be at our best to try and get him out early. Because once he gets in he certainly knows how to put pressure on bowlers," the veteran all-rounder added.
Kohli, who has emerged as the leading batsman in the world, has been a thorn for the Australians in the recent times, and he repeated the treatment with flamboyance, taking India across the finish line, in Mohali on Sunday.