IND vs AUS 2nd ODI: Adam Zampa knows how to counter Kohli in Nagpur

Kohli is always a prized catch but Adam Zampa does not intend to be too harsh on himself if the Indian captain or some of the other star batsman in the opposition ranks happen to dominate him

After losing the first ODI to India on Saturday in Hyderabad, the Australians would look for an equalizer in Nagpur on Tuesday. Ahead of the game, spinner Adam Zampa came up with a master plan which may help them in coming back into the series.

Zampa’s stint in the IPL made he realise that the best way to counter Indian batsmen is by bowling a wicket-to-wicket line. He feels that his strength is attacking the stumps rather than bowl big loopy leg breaks outside the off-stump.

“From my IPL experience and seeing these guys play, it's not about the variety of wrong 'uns but it's about the best way to bowl to these batsmen. Particularly in ODI cricket, most leg-spinners these days are attacking the stumps and that's my strength,” Zampa said.

“I feel like when I get away from the stumps, guys like Virat and the other night (Kedar) Jadhav, I got a little bit frustrated and went wide off the stumps, that is when the damage happen. It's about staying away from their strengths,” he added.

Zampa is happy that he has been to get better of the world's best batsman on a few occasions recently.

“It's nice to get players like that (Virat) out. I thought the best one was the T20 here and another match in Brisbane. I thought they were big wickets given the situation of the match and we ended up winning the game (Visakhapatnam).

Kohli is always a prized catch but Adam Zampa does not intend to be too harsh on himself if the Indian captain or some of the other star batsman in the opposition ranks happen to dominate him.

“I don't want to think too far ahead and not be too harsh on myself. Virat (Kohli) and Rohit (Sharma) are amazing players and somehow I just need to be in the game for as long as possible. That's all I can really do,” said Zampa.