India vs Australia: Tim Paine says Virat Kohli hates to lose
India vs Australia: Tim Paine says Virat Kohli hates to lose
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Australia skipper Tim Paine  and Indian Captain Virat Kohli had some testy exchanges in the second Test at Perth.But Paine said, he is relishing his sometimes heated battle with Virat Kohli, and promised intense, hard cricket in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne.

In a column for Melbourne’s Herald Sun, Paine said, “A lot was made of my battle with Virat in the second Test, and for the past few years when I haven’t been playing international cricket, he was one guy I loved watching.

Talking about third test, he said, “ “I think day one in particular is going to be really intense, ‘hard’ cricket.”

Paine said he was not annoyed by the attitude of Virat , he said“Virat is someone who is prepared to wear his heart on his sleeve and like all professional athletes, hates to lose.”

In the second Test at Perth, Kohli and Paine had some testy exchanges  which at one point needed the umpire to intervene.And Kohli offered only a frosty handshake at the end of the game.

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