{"id":176922,"date":"2024-11-18T01:07:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T01:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/18\/glenn-mcgrath-calls-virat-kohli-emotional-urges-australia-to-go-hard-on-former-india-captain\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T01:07:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T01:07:35","slug":"glenn-mcgrath-calls-virat-kohli-emotional-urges-australia-to-go-hard-on-former-india-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/18\/glenn-mcgrath-calls-virat-kohli-emotional-urges-australia-to-go-hard-on-former-india-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn McGrath calls Virat Kohli &#8217;emotional&#8217;, urges Australia to go hard on former India captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/11\/untitled-design-2024-11-17t121257-1731825875.webp?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Glenn McGrath calls Virat Kohli &#8217;emotional&#8217;, urges Australia to go hard on former India captain\" title=\"Glenn McGrath calls Virat Kohli &#8217;emotional&#8217;, urges Australia to go hard on former India captain\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY IMAGES<\/span> Virat Kohli and Glenn McGrath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">Australia&#8217;s great fast bowler Glenn McGrath has called <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a> an &#8220;emotional&#8221; character and urged Australia to &#8220;go hard at him&#8221; during the upcoming edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>McGrath feels that the former India captain is &#8220;under pressure&#8221; and &#8220;if he has a couple of low scores&#8221; at the start of the series then it can have a detrimental effect on his game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they (Australia) go hard at him, if he gets in the fight with emotions, there&#8217;s a bit of chat out there, who knows he might sort of lift,&#8221; Fox Cricket quoted McGrath as saying on &#8216;CODE Sports&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I think he\u2019s probably under pressure a little bit, and if he has a couple of low scores to start with, he could really feel it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he\u2019s quite an emotional player. When he\u2019s up, he\u2019s up, and when he\u2019s down, he sort of struggles a little bit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McGrath also encouraged Australia to apply relentless pressure on Team India right from the outset to check how prepared they are for the eagerly-anticipated contest down under.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without a doubt, especially after coming off a 3-0 loss against New Zealand, you\u2019ve got plenty of ammunition to back yourself up,\u201d McGrath added.    <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So put the pressure on them and see if they\u2019re up for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>India are second on the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points table with total points percentage (PCT) of 58.33%. They need to win the series 4-0 to qualify for the finals of the WTC 2023-25 cycle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Australia are at the top of the tree with a PCT of 62.50 and are the front-runners to make it to the WTC final for the second consecutive time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/glenn-mcgrath-calls-virat-kohli-emotional-urges-australia-to-go-hard-at-former-india-captain-2024-11-17-962035\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Virat Kohli and Glenn McGrath. Australia&#8217;s great fast bowler Glenn McGrath has called Virat Kohli an &#8220;emotional&#8221; character and urged Australia to &#8220;go hard at him&#8221; during the upcoming edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. 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