While he has tinkered with his game to some extent, he seems to not have explored his back-foot play as much as he could have

Faf du Plessis has claimed that Virat Kohli will be 'super motivated' to put behind his poor run of form. Kohli endured a rough patch during the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.

Former South African captain Faf Du Plessis feels that Team India batsman Virat Kohli will be super motivated with his rough patch behind him and he is capable of returning to his run-making ways. Virat Kohli has undergone a rough patch in concluded Australia.

India head coach Gautam Gambhir underlined the importance of domestic cricket following the loss. Shastri also feels Rohit and Kohli should return to playing Ranji Trophy even though the next series is in June.

Virat Kohli will be "super motivated" to put a struggling phase behind him and the premier India batter is capable of returning to his run-making ways, said former South African captain Faf du Plessis

With Kohli having a series to forget at Australia where he could only make 190 runs in 5 Tests, there have been calls for the stalwart to retire from the longest format. Du Plessis, however, felt that retirement is a very personal choice.

Australia skipper Pat Cummins also made gains in the rankings, climbing to number two after picking up five wickets in the final match. South Africa's Kagiso Rabada rose a spot to occupy the third place while injured Josh Hazlewood moved down two places to be fourth.

Kohli received significant backlash for his shoulder bump with Konstas during the match and was fined 20 percent of his match fees.

"I now feel this kind of behaviour does not befit Virat Kohli. He is a senior player now. I agree that there were one or two debatable decisions in Australia this time but they weren't from the Australian umpires. They were from the neutral umpires," said Karim speaking to Sports Next.

Sam Konstas played the last two Test matches for Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Konstas scored 113 runs from two matches at an average of 28.25

Sam Konstas threw the Indians off with his unorthodox approach in his first innings, but then found out Test cricket runs are harder to get than headlines.

Sam Konstas reflects on his fiery debut series against India, sharing lessons learned and a special moment with his idol, Virat Kohli.