While Glenn McGrath's ODI record against Brian Lara doesn't stand out in the books, no bowler dismissed the former West Indian champion more times in Test cricket than McGrath.<\/p>\n
Lara was dismissed by McGrath 15 times in 24 Tests and was the second victim of his Test hat-trick at the WACA in 2000.<\/p>\n
Chappell sees striking similarities between Hazlewood's duel with Kohli and the well-documented McGrath-Lara arm-wrestle.<\/p>\n
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"One of the reasons why people go to games is to watch a contest between a really good bowler and a really good batsmen," Chappell told Wide World of Sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n "I really enjoyed those contests between McGrath and Lara, the same as I enjoy seeing Hazlewood against Kohli."<\/p>\n Despite Hazlewood's shining record against Kohli in ODI cricket, the Indian captain had an average of 54.81 against Australia heading into Wednesday's fixture.<\/p>\n He had also notched 10 half-centuries and eight tons from his 41 innings against the Australians, with his top score 123 not out in Ranchi in March 2019.<\/p>\n Chappell says it's Hazlewood's consistency that makes him successful against Kohli.<\/p>\n "He's a very consistent bowler, Hazlewood, and I think he surprises batsmen a little bit with his pace," Chappell said.<\/p>\n "I think he did that to Kohli in the game in Sydney. But his biggest strength is his consistency. Everything about his bowling is consistent: his action, his length and he doesn't give you any easy runs to score. And with that ability to also get a little bit of movement he's a tough customer.<\/p>\n "(Mitchell) Starc in the first two games of the series was very erratic. When that's happening you get opportunities to score and that's not what you want to be doing with a guy like Kohli."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n