James Anderson admitted that when he first bowled to Virat Kohli during India’s 2014 tour of England, he troubled him a lot. At that time, Kohli was still finding his feet in tough English conditions and struggled outside the off-stump.
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Anderson managed to dismiss Kohli 7 times in his Test career. Their face-offs were full of intensity, but there was always respect between them. And now the legendary England bowler put Kohli above the batting Sachin Tendulkar. Anderson found Kohli a tougher batter to bowl to than Tendulkar.
Virat Kohli was totally different player after 2014 tour: James Anderson
And then the next time I played against him, he'd obviously gone away and worked on that, and it was like bowling at a different player. He'd really taken his game to a different level, making it very difficult for not just me, but for the bowlers in general.”
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James Anderson says Virat Kohli transformed like no one else
And yeah, I found him a really difficult player to bowl at because he also had that sort of steely mindset. He wanted to get into a battle; he wanted to, you know, he's very competitive, and yeah, after that, for initial success, it was pretty difficult to go up against.”
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