India vs England 2018: ‘Be Angry & Challenge Virat Kohli,’ Michael Vaughan’s Message to Joe Root & Team

August 1 i.e. tomorrow, India will play their first test match with England at Edgbaston, in Birmingham. A day prior to the test match, Michael Vaughan who was in the news for commenting on Adil Rashid’s selection, has given out a statement possibly with an intention to put pressure on the Indians. Vaughan wrote an article for a popular newspaper in England he asked Joe Root’s bowlers to be angry and challenge Virat Kohli during the test matches.

“The good thing for England is they are playing at Edgbaston. We just don't lose there, and Broad and Anderson love bowling at the ground. You expect them to step up and challenge Kohli's front foot. Bowl outside off-stump and then throw the odd one in straight to get him playing across the line and scissor his feet," Michael Vaughan wrote.

The former cricketer also elaborated on Virat Kohli’s batting. “You need his front foot going over to the off side. He then starts doubting where his off-stump is and playing squarer on the off side, which is when the outside edge comes into play. England did it in the one-day series at times. He was vulnerable a yard outside off-stump, and the likes of Anderson and Broad have to hang it out there and say, 'Come to us'. If there is any movement in the air, they will be a real threat," read Vaughan’s article.

Kohli’s record in England has not been up to the mark. The Indian captain has only scored 134 runs in five matches with an average of 13.40 in 2014. India lost the five-match test series by 3-1 after the first match ended with a draw.

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