Sydney-based tabloid The Daily Telegraph featured Virat Kohli on its front page with the text ‘Yugon Ki Ladai’ (fight for the ages) in Hindi. Opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal was also featured on the back page of the newspaper with a Punjabi headline.

Anywhere, everywhere it was just Virat Kohli in the Australian sports pages on Tuesday, November 12. Kohli, the face of Indian and world cricket, had his face all over the newspapers Down Under with the previews in Hindi and Punjabi no less ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

The much anticipated Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia will begin on November 22, with the first Test at Perth.

India have been under major criticism after suffering a 3-0 series defeat at home to New Zealand, and former skipper Virat Kohli has been under the scanner having scored just 93 runs at an average of 15.

There is no denying that Virat Kohli has been the face of Indian cricket despite having stepped down from captaincy three years back. Hence, just like in the old times, he dominated the front pages of Australian newspapers upon his arrival in Perth on Sunday,

The "Virat Kohli fever" has swept through the Australian media, with the India batter featuring prominently on the front pages of various Australian newspapers. The Aussie newspapers feature Virat and Yashasvi Jaiswal with Hindi and Punjabi headlines.