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There have been talks about the Virat Kohli taking paternity off from the game, and the former Australian skipper Steven Smith has come out with his version, saying the Indian skipper's case is clear that it is 'child over the game'.
Getty Images. MELBOURNE: Australia chief coach Justin Langer can empathise with the Indian team after the 36-run shocker it endured in Adelaide but he is also "glad" that the visitors are "stressed" during the Christmas weekend ahead of the second Test on December 26. Having won the first Test within two and half days by dismissing India for their lowest Test score of 36, Langer said his team would look to drive home the advantage in the absence of Virat Kohli by putting relentless pressure on new skipper Ajinkya Rahane. What would he have done had he been in India coach Ravi Shastri's sho...
Melbourne: Australia chief coach Justin Langer can empathise with the Indian team after the 36-run shocker it endured in Adelaide but he is also "glad"
“We need to start strongly on the first day and build pressure on Rahane as he is the new captain of India for this series. So the processes don’t change. Whenever you take out best players of any cricket team, it weakens them and that’s the reality,” he said. While David Warner is out of the second Test, Langer couldn’t say with finality whether the dashing opener will be available for the third Test in Sydney. “I am very hopeful. ….as I said for the last three weeks or so, he will be doing everything possible to get back out onto the ground, so fingers crossed,” he said.
Virat Kohli. (AP Photo) ADELAIDE: Australian batsman Steve Smith on Tuesday said Virat Kohli deserves credit for prioritising the birth of his child over cricket as "there would have been a lot of pressure" on the India skipper to stay for the entire duration of the ongoing Test series. India are 0-1 down in the four-match rubber after losing the opening Test by eight wickets during which they also collapsed to their lowest Test score. Kohli will head home on Tuesday for the birth of his first child next month with actor wife Anushka Sharma. The next Test is in Melbourne from December 26.