Former Team India captain and head coach Rahul Dravid has backed Virat Kohli to score big runs in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against Australia. He also shared that the senior batter scoring runs in the opening match itself is an ominous sign, giving hints of things to come. However, Kohli scored 100*-run knock in the second innings of the Perth Test after a gap of 491 days as well.

Speaking about Kohli’s ton in Perth, here’s what Dravid said during a chat with Star Sports: “He’s been batting really well, even in South Africa six months ago when we are there, I thought he was batting really well on a couple of difficult wickets. It’s just nice for him to be able to get that hundred at the start of the series. I think he could have a big series.”

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“Jaiswal has been going from strength to strength. It’s hard to imagine that a year and a half ago he made his debut in the West Indies. It’s not long ago that he actually started. And to go to Australia, to play in Perth, and in your first Test match, get a hundred in Australian soil, I don’t think many people have been able to do that. I’m sure someone like him, with his hunger, his desire, his drive, he is only going to keep getting better and better,” he again shared.

Meanwhile, Rahul Dravid also applauded Jasprit Bumrah, India’s stand-in captain for the Perth Test. He scored that the speedster has
consistently delivered under pressure for the side as well. However, Bumrah was the Player of the Match in the game. He bagged a
stunning five-wicket haul in the first innings and took three wickets in the final innings as well.

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“If you talk about someone take a game by the scruff of the neck and absolutely crack it open, that was exactly what Bumrah did with that spell in that first evening and then even in the second innings he picked up a lot of crucial wickets as well. Being captain, leading from the front, taking the game and saying, ‘Give it to me and I’ll show you what I can do and how I can turn it around.’ Brilliant from Bumrah and he has just shown it so much in all formats of the game. The number of times he does it for us is absolutely incredible and hats off to him,” Rahul Dravid concluded.