Virat Kohli will not allow the eight-ball duck on his return in India colours to haunt him for long, but would not tinker around too much with his game either before striding back into form, said former India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar.

Kohli’s much-awaited return to top-tier competitive cricket after a break of four months ended in disappointment for Indian fans last Sunday when he was constricted to seven successive dot balls in Perth before Australia pacer Mitchell Starc landed the crushing blow. Kohli was lured into the off-side trap laid out for him as he went fishing at a delivery angled across, falling on an eight-ball duck with a diving Cooper Connolly denying him a chance at point.

Despite his technical deficiency being exploited early on in the three-match series, Nayar fee

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