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Pacer Jasprit Bumrah said he was not concerned about the poor form of star batter Virat Kohli.
Kohli has averaged under 22 this year in Test cricket.
Yashaswi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana, Akash Deep and Prasidh Krishna are on their maiden tour of Australia.
The two Indian superstars have averaged under 20 in the home series against New Zealand.
Kohli captained RCB in 140 matches for eight seasons since 2013.
Kohli was annoyed with Maxwell for mocking him following his shoulder injury during the 2017 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Kohli, widely considered one of the batting greats of the modern game, has managed just two centuries in the last five years and only two fifties in his last 12 innings in the longest format.
Virat has averaged under 30 this year while Rohit has scored just 559 runs from 19 innings in 2024.
At stumps, Kiwis were 198 for 5 after restricting the home team for 156.
While fast bowler Mohammed Shami remains on a comeback trail and was not included in the squad, uncapped left-arm Uttar Pradesh fast bowler Yash Dayal received his maiden Test call-up.
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