Former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif has warned the bowlers to not try their sledging tactics against India captain Virat Kohli. In a video on his Youtube channel, Latif talked about India's tour to Australia in 2014 when Kohli had smashed two centuries after a heated face-off against Mitchell Johnson.

“In 2014 series, when Dhoni retired after two Tests. Then there was one Test, in which Virat Kolhi scored two tons in each innings (Actually, Kohli had scored a ton in first innings of 3rd Test at MCG, and in 1st innings of 4th Test at SCG).

"He scored an unbeaten 76 in the 2nd innings at SCG). In that match, Mitchell Johnson stepped up to Kohli, and dono ke beech theek thaak gaaliyaa chal ri tha. Watch that clip, and you will see Kohli’s reaction was not defensive,” he said. 

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“There are some players you don’t mess with. We had Javed bhai, Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar. Today, Virat Kohli is one such player,” he added.

Kohli has always believed in answering the bowlers with his bat more than words. He had recently roasted West Indies bowler Kesrick Williams for giving him a send-off in 2017. 

“Recently, in a T20I match against West Indies, a left-arm pacer (actually, it was a right-arm pacer Kesrick Williams) said some words to him. Even though Kohli does not score too many runs in T20Is, but he went on to play a great inning in that match. There are certain players you don’t mess with during a match,” Latif said.