Kohli remains confident of victory despite absence of Ashwin and Sharma

• Sarwar Alam
• 13 December, 2018

By: Sarwar Alam

India skipper Virat Kohli was undaunted on Thursday (13) despite losing prolific spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and batsman Rohit Sharma to injury as he looks to twist the knife in the second Test against Australia. The visitors went 1-0 in the four-Test series after a tense, 31-run win in Adelaide earlier this week — their first victory in Australia in a decade. But India, who are searching for their first series win in Australia, suffered a setback when Ashwin and the experienced Sharma were declared unavailable for the second Test in Perth, starting Friday. Ashwin is receiving treatment for a left-sided abdominal strain,…

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