IPL 2021: Kyle Jamieson denies Virat Kohli opportunity to practice batting against Duke ball

There have been arguments about the increasing familiarity with the strengths and weakness of players from different countries after the advent of the Indian Premier League as they share the same dressing rooms for a long period of time.

However, that is not coming to be true for India’s and Royal Challengers Bangalore’s skipper Virat Kohli, who has not got the advantage of playing Kyle Jamieson with the duke ball.

Another member of the RCB dressing room, Daniel Christian has shed some lights on Jamieson depriving his RCB skipper of the opportunities of getting used to his bowling with the duke ball.

“Pretty cagey from Virat actually, right in the first week we were here. The three of us were sitting down after the nets and these two were talking about Test cricket," began Christian speaking on the Youtube podcast.

“Virat said, ‘So Jamie (Kyle Jamieson) have you bowled much with the Dukes ball?’ and they are talking about that stuff. Jamie says, ‘Yeah, I have a couple of them here, I will have a bowl leading in before I go over there’ and Virat says ‘Oh, if you want to have a bowl against me in the nets, I am more than happy to face’."

He revealed that Jamieson had no interest in helping his RCB captain, “Jamie was like, ‘No chance I am going to ball at you!’ He would have looked at his release point and everything that he does with the Dukes ball!,” Christian said on The Grade Cricketer’s YouTube channel.

India and New Zealand are slated to play the World Test Championship final in England almost a fortnight after the completion of the ongoing IPL 2021. There, Jamieson will make a fearsome quarter of seam bowling along with Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Neil Wagner.

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