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\nAustralian pace spearhead Mitchell Starc has described Virat Kohli as a \u201cfantastic captain\u201d, having shared the dressing room with the India captain while representing Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.<\/p>\n
Kohli\u2019s on-field heated exchanges with Australia skipper Tim Paine in the second Test turned out to be a subject of discussion with many former players, including Mitchell Johnson, criticising the batting maestro\u2019s behaviour.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve played a couple of IPLs with Virat and he\u2019s been fantastic to play under, as a captain,\u201d Starc told reporters.\u201cObviously, he\u2019s a fantastic player. The way India play this series and go about their cricket, it\u2019s up to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Starc, who was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2014, had emerged as a key bowler for the IPL team. He parted ways with Bangalore in February last year before being picked by Kolkata Knight Riders early this year.<\/p>\n
Starc, though, was ruled out of the 2018 IPL season due to injury and was released from KKR last month.Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden has suggested Kohli is more Australian than Indian in many ways.Kohli also received the backing of Australia coach and Paine himself, who said he relished his war of words with the combative Indian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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