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Sydney, July 19 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong>  Ahead of India's tour Down Under later this year, Australian quick Pat Cummins has praised skipper Virat Kohli as a "really passionate" player while conceding that his bowling attack will target the "prized" wicket of the right-hander.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Cummins recently found himself in the middle of a storm when he was widely quoted as saying: "My brave, bold prediction; I'd say I think Virat Kohli is not going to get a hundred and we're going to knock them off over here".<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Clarifying his comments, the pacer said his comments were misunderstood as he just wished that the Indian did not score a century during India's tour, that comprises three Twenty20 Internationals, four Tests and three One-day Internationals, starting with the first T20I on November 21.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I was almost trying to do the opposite to the way they were perceived. I was trying to pay him a huge compliment and say that my big wish list for the summer was he doesn't score a hundred," Cummins told cricket.com.au.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"He's obviously so important to the team and is such a gun batsman, so him not scoring runs would go a long way to helping us win. But I certainly didn't mean to say he's no good because I couldn't hold him in higher regard," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Cummins stressed that his team will give its cent percent to stop the Indian captain from registering three-figure mark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"The chances are he's going to score a hundred against us again sometime and we'll be doing everything in our power to try and stop that.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It was just off the cuff. It was a pretty relaxed interview to say I'd love for him not to score runs, like I'd love any international player to not score runs against us," he clarified.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Cummins further went on to compare the 29-year-old Kohli with banned former Aussie skipper Steve Smith, saying: "Kohli is a really passionate player and I'm sure he doesn't need any extra motivation to go out there and put everything into what he does."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"He's similar to Steve Smith for us, he really gets himself into the contest and tries to find a way to fire up the bowlers. They seem to use that as a way to get the best out of themselves and I think that feeds off into the other players in the team as well.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"The captain and the best batsman is always the prized wicket and I'm sure it won't be any different this summer," he added. 
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