<p>Veteran batter <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/he-is-probably-most-australian-steve-smith-on-this-team-india-player-23390283" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Steve Smith</strong></a> described Virat Kohli&rsquo;s approach on the field in a unique way, saying the Indian batting stalwart is Australian in his thoughts and action.</p>
<p>India and Australia will renew their intense rivalry at the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which will see the two nations set to face off in the all-important five-match series in Perth, Adelaide (pink-ball game), Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, respectively.</p>
<p><img title="Steve Smith" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/sep/kohli-steve-sept-pic-b_e.jpg" alt="Steve Smith" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Steve Smith</em></strong></p>
<p>India have won the last two editions of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy held in Australia in 2018-19 and 2020-21 respectively. &ldquo;I believe Kohli is Australian in thoughts and action. The way he gets into a battle, the way he gets into the challenge and tries to get on top of the opposition. He&rsquo;s probably the most Australian of the Indian players, I&rsquo;d say,&rdquo; Smith said in a video posted by Star Sports on X.</p>
<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/photo/summarization-of-gautam-gambhirs-first-press-conference-as-team-indias-head-coach-101525/8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">&rsquo;&rsquo;Its good for TRP&rsquo;&rsquo;, says Gautam Gambhir on relationship with Virat Kohli</a></strong></p>
<p>Kohli, who has 80 international centuries, including 29 Test tons, has scored 8,846 runs across 113 Tests with a 49.16 average, while Smith has 9,685 runs in 109 Tests at an average of 56.97 with 32 centuries. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no real, you know, I need to beat him or anything like that. It&rsquo;s just about going out and playing and trying to score as many runs as I can and helping Australia have success and that&rsquo;s what it&rsquo;s all about,&rdquo; he added.</p>
<p>Smith revealed that the two players share messages often and expressed excitement to face Kohli in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, starting from November 22. &ldquo;We get on quite well, share messages every now and then and look, he&rsquo;s a great guy and obviously a wonderful player. It&rsquo;s going to be nice to come up against him again this summer,&rdquo; said Smith.</p>
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