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The two-time runners-up, Team India are all set to lock horns with the defending champions of the World Test Championship (WTC), Australia down under, starting from November 22. The highly-anticipated five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy is set to kick start later this month and the Indian team is already in Australia, prepping up for the upcoming series. Just days ahead of the series, the Australian newspapers took the limelight with Virat Kohli taking the centre stage.
Furthermore, the Aussie newspapers also had headlines written in Hindi and Punjabi as it read “Yugon ki ladai (Fight for the ages)”, “Ek Nava Raja (The new king).” With only ten days remaining to the onset of the crucial series, The Daily Telegraph and the Advertiser on Tuesday grabbed the limelight, pictures of which have been doing rounds on social media.
Australian newspapers got desi ahead of BGT 2024-25
It has to be seen that newspapers or media in general, never go to such depths to highlight the rivalry, taking to team’s language and culture. But the magnitude of the upcoming five-match Test series is such along with the popularity of Virat Kohli, that the columns and headlines were in Hindi and Punjabi.
Seeing this, fans also reacted as several spoke of the influence Virat Kohli has across borders. While some pointed out the aura Kohli has made for himself over the years, he is also one of the top searching personalities, especially in the cricketing arena.
