India, May 28 -- Virat Kohli is no stranger to battles with Australia and the Australians - his recent spat with Travis Head during an IPL league stage game reminding fans of the heat and intensity that made him such a crowd favourite at home and on Aussie soil.

While Kohli has a character has always been up for a fight and an in-your-face kind of character, he never let things descend to a truly scrappy level, like Australia has been prone to do on other occasions. Part of this is having a stable support staff around him - appearing alongside Kohli for a podcast for Kohli's lifestyle brand One8, former Indian coach Ravi Shastri reflected on one occasion.

Referencing the 2014 Border-Gavaskar Trophy tour, famous for Kohli's Test captainc...