Aggression key for new India skipper Virat Kohli
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's successor is bringing with him a reputation for an attacking style that may help his side's poor touring record
Firebrand batsman Virat Kohli is likely to instil a new aggression in the Indian team as he assumes the captaincy of a test side badly needing to start packing a punch on their travels.
Dubbed by some opponents as a "spoilt brat", the 26-year-old has been tasked with leading a team that last won a test series away from home back in 2011 against the West Indies.
You guys hate me and I like that. I don't mind having a chat on the field
Kohli, who is taking over from Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the fourth and final test in Sydney, has been one of the few batsmen to emerge with credit from the tour in Australia which again saw India suffer a resounding series defeat.
The loss of the Border-Gavaskar trophy follows series defeats in England and New Zealand earlier this year for a team that were ranked the best in the world little more than three years ago.
The team's shortcomings were first exposed in England in the summer of 2011 when they suffered the first of two back-to-back whitewashes. Australia dished out the second hiding.
But while other batsman such as swashbuckling opener Shikhar Dhawan and the usually solid Cheteshwar Pujara have struggled Down Under in recent weeks, Kohli has scored three centuries - and got under the Australians' skin in the process.
