Sir Vivian Richards was not the only former attacking batsman to back Virat Kohli's aggressive ways Down Under yesterday. India's Sandeep Patil too supported Kohli's behaviour in the light of some experts cringing over the Indian captain's way of giving it back to the Australians.

Patil, who picked up sizeable knowledge of wildlife ever since he played and coached in Kenya, told mid-day yesterday: "When a tiger's claws and teeth are clipped, it becomes tame. Kohli's aggression should not be thwarted and he is right in turning on the aggression. I want to see the tiger in the wild and not put in a cage." Kohli clashed with his counterpart Tim Paine in the last Test at Perth where Australia won to square the current series 1-1, a scoreline which makes the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne mouth-watering.