Don't write off champions: Lyon on Kohli's recent batting slump

The Australian team must be hoping to take advantage of Virat Kohli's prolonged batting slump when the two sides clash in the five-Test series for the Border-Gavaskar trophy, starting on Friday, but veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon has cautioned the hosts against writing off the star batter for whom he has "nothing but respect".

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Kohli has been enduring a lean patch over the past few months. In his last 60 Test innings, he has managed just two centuries and 11 half-centuries.

This year, he has averaged only 22.72 across six Tests, and in the three games against New Zealand, he could manage only 93 runs, with a highest score of 70.

But Lyon remains wary of what Kohli could do in the five-match Test series beginning at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Friday.