Virat Kohli managed just 126 runs in five innings in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, including a hundred.

Ace India batter Virat Kohli, who started the series with a spectacular hundred in the second innings in Perth, has struggled since, managing just 26 runs in his last three innings across the Adelaide and Brisbane Tests.

Virat Kohli said he takes pride in rising to the challenge of Test cricket in different conditions and would look to bring that quality to Melbourne.

Virat Kohli seemed to have deliberately made a physical contact with Sam Konstas in the attempt to unnerve the Australia batter during the Day 1 of Boxing Day Test.

Australia debutant Sam Konstas was deliberately shouldered by Virat Kohli on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.