I am not too concerned about the differences with Kohli: Steve Smith

Steve Smith has arrived in Chennai and he is aware of his opposite number Virat Kohli’s sublime form during the recently concluded series against Sri Lanka. Kohli ended the tour with a 54-ball 82 in the one off T20I game, and scored to successive hundreds in the ODI series. Kohli now has 30 centuries under his belt in ODIs.

Australia’s last tour to India ended in on a sad note after they were drubbed 2-1 in the Test series. The visitor’s captain promised that the series will be played in a good spirit. Smith and Kohli had several arguments during the Test series, and both the captains were seen firing at each in the conferences.

Kohli is a good player: Smith

“I am not too concerned about the differences with Kohli. He is obviously a very good player and has a phenomenal ODI record. Hopefully, we can keep him quiet as much as possible in this series. If we do that then hopefully it can go a long way in us having success on this tour,” Smith told reporters after a practice session.

“I think it will be played in good spirit. It is a hard- fought contest playing against India. Looking back at the last One-day tour, I wasn’t on it in 2013. It was a big run fest from memory. Pretty flat wickets and big totals. We will see what we are presented with and it could be the same again”, Smith added.

Confident of a good show

“I think the One-day group has played spin pretty well for a little while. Obviously, we are still learning in the Test format and trying to improve. We are coming from a challenging tour of Bangladesh. Obviously, the guys are learning and trying to improve. Not sure that the ODI wickets will present quite as much as spin perhaps as some of the Test wickets. We have to wait and see and adapt to the conditions accordingly”, told the Aussie skipper.