India's assistant coach Abhishek Nayar reveals how Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have geared up for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.

Rohit Sharma And Virat Kohli need runs to put retirement talk into touch. The Boxing Day Test at the MCG will test their taste for battle.

Sharma's form has been questioned in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. After missing the opening Test in Perth, he was replaced by KL Rahul as opener with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Rahul's brilliant form saw Sharma being pushed down to number six in the batting order. He has recorded scores worth 3,6, and 10 in this series.

The five-match series is levelled at 1-1 with all to play for in the remaining two matches in Melbourne and Sydney.

Virat Kohli scored a brilliant unbeaten hundred in the first Test match in Perth but went on to score just 21 runs in the next two games, falling to outside the off-stump deliveries. Both Rohit Sharma and Kohli will look to return to form in the next game in Melbourne starting on December 26.

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Reports: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma get unhappy with fans attending practice session in Melbourne. (Source - Jio Cinema) Star cricketers, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma, were left displeased with the supporters who had clustered together for 's practice session in Melbourne ahead of the Boxing Day Test at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) nets.

Virat Kohli failed to perform in three Test matches against Australia. After starting the five-Test match series with an unbeaten century, Kohli just scored 21 runs in his last three innings after the Perth Test.