Virat Kohli has been in stellar form ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia and the conditions in the Oval in London are likely to suit a player such as Virat, feels former Indian coach Greg Chapell.
With India and Australia set to lock horns for the WTC title starting from June 7-11, all the eyes will be on Kohli who fired two back-to-back centuries in the IPL recently playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Having endured some tough days in the past couple of years, the 34-year-old is back to firing on all cylinders.
Under his leadership, India did reach the final of the previous edition of WTC but they lost to New Zealand and this time around, he would be hoping to help his side go all the way.
While Virat has struggled a little bit with English conditions, with Chapell recalling the 2014 and the 2021 tours of the UK, he also pointed out how the current conditions would favour the talismanic Indian batter.
“Virat Kohli was asked a lot of questions in England in 2014 and 2021 by Anderson, Broad and the rest of the English bowlers. They bowled some excellent lines and lengths to him in conditions that suited them. They knew he is the best and lifted themselves up when bowling to him,” Chappell said on the show ‘Backstage with Boria Majumdar’.