IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli goes an extra mile to resolve major flaw in batting ahead of 2nd Test

A gleaming jet black Porsche arrived at Ferozshah Kotla stadium at least half an hour before arrival of Indian team bus.

Out came Virat Kohli and walked into dressing room. Within minutes he was out, padded up and headed for nets. He wanted additional batting time and arrived early for a session. He began with customary throw-downs and some kcking off net bowlers.

Once a young fellow, bowling military medium, was pulled disdainfully off his backfoot, he asked for spinners.

"Spinners ko bulaao," he said and moved to or net, where he worked on tackling of spinners.

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Kohli looked at rough created on that practice strip and n used his boots to create more abrasion. Batting coach Vikram Rathour, in fact, pointed at particular areas where he could make indents and let ball talk. idea was to counter natural variation off surface where you land ball on rough and it can turn eir side.

India A regular Saurabh Kumar, talented left-arm spinner from UP, did ask a few probing questions.

re was one delivery where Kohli went on backfoot. ball didn't bounce after pitching. It was a kind of "shooter" that didn't rise. Kohli had a wry smile and looked at surface.

re were two off spinners, net bowlers Pulkit Narang and Hrithik Shokeen who tossed up and at times mixed it up with flatter trajectory.

On day, he regularly came down track to cover rough while driving Shokeen and Narang during that session. He wasn't very smooth to begin with as some of shots weren't off meat of blade.

Kohli's struggles against spinners has been real and Feroz Shah Kotla track will be ar slow turner like Nagpur if t slower. He was caught down leg side when he tried to maeuvre off-spinner Todd Murphy in Nagpur Test.

re was a covering of grass but anyone who has watched how Kotla pitch behaves will tell you that it is more about maintaining firm bind of surface.

But re would be some moisture underneath surface during morning session which will help bowlers. But Kotla is a kind of track where both, run-making and wicket-taking is an arduous job.

Kohli's desperation to spend an extra hour at nets and prepare himself to put his best foot forward is absolutely necessary as run-scoring is going to be a struggle.