Former Australia pace bowler Brett Lee has expressed his disappointment with veteran India batter Virat Kohli’s repeated failures throughout the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia as well, apart from his unbeaten century in Perth. He also credited Australia for executing their game plans against him throughout the series.

Brett Lee said on his YouTube channel: “For me, it was very Un-Kohli like, you obviously get batsmen nick off occasionally or they’ll do something and they’ll make those differences in their actions and techniques but the thing with Virat Kohli. Unfortunately for him, he kept getting out the same way through the whole Test series. I think back to Perth, the second innings where he made a magnificent 100 and I thought okay, he’s in going himself in the first innings nicked off but now he’s back to his best, 100.”

“But after that, he was very slim pickings for Virat Kohli. I also think Australia had a very valid bowling plan to him, they researched him very very well. I think their preparation was very outstanding but unfortunately for Virat Kohli, he missed out other than one innings in Perth,” he again added.

Brett Lee also said that unlike India captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli looked mentally well prepared as he showed his skills with the bat despite his failures as well.

“I don’t think so that they were mentally not well prepared. I think Rohit Sharma more than Kohli but I was watching Kohli very very closely throughout the whole series and to me, he [Kohli] looked very engaged, he looked like he was certainly applying all those skills that have made him such a great batsman. And, he’s still such a great batsman. But unfortunately for Kohli, he couldn’t get those runs,” Brett Lee concluded.