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.

It isn't common for a debutant to play as fearlessly as Australia's Sam Konstas did en route to his 52-ball half-century against India on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. Konstas hit some exquisite T20-styled shots early in the innings to unnerve the Indian pacers,

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