New Delhi: West Indies head coach Phil Simmons admitted that it will definitely be a tough task for his bowling attack to stop team India skipper Virat Kohli from scoring runs, before revealing some absolutely hilarious ways to get rid of the World's number one ranked ODI batsman in the upcoming limited-overs series, starting with 1st T20I on December 6, at Hyderabad.
"One, I can make him bat with a stump. Two, we can sign a book and in the ODIs, we can give him a 100 and bowl at the rest of the players," Simmons was quoted as saying to ESPNCricinfo by news agency PTI.
"Or we can make sure that our plans to him are spot on," he added on a more serious note.
"We can make sure that the bowlers don't get too scared of him," he said.
However, Simmons still had another gem to offer.
"But in the end, may be two can bowl at him at the same time," he said, clearly having given a lot of thought on how to send Kohli back to the dugout early.
"You never know what can happen but it's a difficult proposition to get Virat Kohli out," he admitted.
But the West Indies coach remained optimistic about his team's chances against a dominant Indian side.
"Last year we had some T20s and ODIs in India and we weren't miles apart. We had one game where I think we were tied. So we weren't that far apart," he said.
"We have to look back at what we did then and see how much we can add to that now because they have added things to their games. We have to make sure that we have to get better than last time because India is not easy. India is India," he added.
India and West Indies will play a three-match T20I series starting December 6, before playing three ODIs against them starting December 15.
(With PTI Inputs)
Windies Head Coach Suggests Hilarious Ways To Get Virat Kohli Out Ahead Of IND vs WI,1st T20I
ABP News Bureau
Updated at:
05 Dec 2019 11:04 AM (IST)
Windies coach Phil Simmons revealed some absolutely hilarious ways to get rid of the World's number one ranked ODI batsman Virat Kohli ahead of IND vs WI 1st T20I at Hyderabad
Windies Head Coach Suggests Hilarious Ways To Get Virat Kohli Out Ahead Of IND vs WI,1st T20I/ Photo: AFP
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