Scott Boland can't contain his excitement after making Virat Kohli his bunny: 'Once he gets in, we just...'.

Boland has once again demonstrated his dominance over Kohli, dismissing him in the second innings of the Adelaide Test, the first innings of the Melbourne Test, and now in Sydney. This adds to his successful track record against the former India captain, as Boland also got the better of Kohli in the final of the World Test Championship at Lord's two years ago. As Boland continues to have Kohli as his bunny, the Australia pacer, now in the Playing XI due to the absence of the injured Josh Hazlewood, shared insights into the meticulous planning that goes into bowling to the talented batsman.

"He sort of feels like he leaves a lot, and then he wants to play the ball once he gets in. So once he gets in, we just want to switch our lines a little bit to fifth stump and it's working at the moment," he said after the end of the day's play as Australia's score read 9/1, trailing India (185 all out) by 176 runs.

Where Scott Boland stands in the list of bowlers to have dismissed Virat Kohli the most

Boland, 33, still has a long way to climb up the list of bowlers who've had the most success against Kohli in Tests. Right at the top are James Anderson and Nathan Lyon with 7 dismissals, followed by Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes on six occasions each. Stuart Broad, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Kagiso Rabada, Peter Siddle and Mitchell Starc have gotten him out five times each.

Boland was once again Australia's best bower of the day, finishing with 4/31, including wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and centurion from the Boxing Day Test, Nitish Reddy. Boland's incredible spell also saw him complete 50 Test wickets for Australia. With 15 scalps, Boland is the fifth-highest wicket-taker of the series, behind Jasprit Bumrah (31), Pat Cummins (22), Mitchell Starc (18) and Mohammed Siraj (16).

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