Virat Kohli Returns to the Drawing Board to Prepare for Gabba Challenge Following Adelaide Setback: ‘He Was Playing…’

Harbhajan Singh revealed insights into Kohli's rigorous training regimen leading up to the third Test, highlighting the focus on improving his back-foot technique during the sessions.

"Yes, whatever little I have seen him batting in the nets today. I have played a lot of cricket with him. He is a front foot player. Knowing the bounce on Indian soil, you have to be on your front foot. The people who have played here, the likes of Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Langer, Hayden. They were good back foot players, because of the bounce. It is the kind of bounce you get in Australia, you have to be good player of bounce. You need to have a good backfoot game. That's what he was practising," Harbhajan told Star Sports.

It has not been a very fruitful year for Kohli as a batter this year across all formats. He has scored 611 runs in 21 matches to his name, averaging 22.62. Meanwhile, the century at Perth was a glimmer of hope for him where he looked in good touch, but things went downhill for him in the pink-ball clash.

However, Harbhajan asserted that Kohli had returned to the drawing board after Adelaide's loss and started working on his backfoot game to prepare for the Gabba bounce.

"Specifically I have noticed today. He was playing a lot of deliveries on the backfoot. He was going forward for the fuller ball but those balls which were slightly shorter than the length of full ball, he was either leaving or trying to play them. The ball from the back foot, he knows that Gabba will be a different wicket where he will get to face a lot of bounce and pace and that back foot game needs to be included in his game. Good to see him working on the game. I am sure, knowing Virat Kohli, we have seen him making a comeback after every setback," he added.