NEW DELHI: On Wednesday afternoon, Virat Kohli batted against net bowlers for a good 45 minutes in the Kotla nets, freshened up, had a few words with head coach Rahul Dravid and zoomed out of the premises even as rest of the Indian team just got into an intense session of nets.
What Kohli did while he was at the nets highlighted the template for batters in spin-friendly conditions. The practice pitches were visibly bare, dry and looked as crumbly as a cookie. Virat walked up to the good length area and vigorously scratched the surface across its breadth. As left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar and off-spinners Pulkit Narang and Hrithik Shokeen plugged away at the spot, Kohli kept charging down the track, clearly looking to attack.
