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Phil Simmons Shares The Tricks To Get Virat Kohli Out
By Shruti - Dec 5, 2019 12:23 pm
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West Indies coach Phil Simmons says his bowlers need not be afraid of Virat Kohli when they take on India in a limited-overs series from Friday. As it is difficult to dismiss Virat Kohli, Simmons jovially gave some out of the box ideas. India and the West Indies will play a three T20 Internationals and three One Day Internationals starting from Friday.

Phil Simmons
Rashid Khan with Phil Simmons

“One, I can make him bat with a stump. Two, we can sign a book and in the ODIs, we can give him a 100 and bowl at the rest of the players or we can make sure that our plans to him are spot on,” he said when asked what are his plans to deal with Kohli. “We can make sure that the bowlers don’t get too scared of him. But in the end, may be two can bowl at him at the same time. You never know what can happen but it’s a difficult proposition to get Virat Kohli out.”

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He has also admitted that it wouldn’t be easy to win against India and he called on his players to utilise their past experiences and do good again their counterpart.

“Last year we had some T20s and ODIs in India and we weren’t miles apart. We had one game where I think we were tied. So we weren’t that far apart,” Phil Simmons said. “We have to look back at what we did then and see how much we can add to that now because they have added things to their games. We have to make sure that we have to get better than last time because India is not easy. India is India,” he told ‘ESPNcricinfo’.