Virat Kohli has not been at his best in recent times and struggled against spin in home conditions and Lyon is ready to exploit it in the upcoming series.

There has been plenty of scrutiny on Kohli and his form coming into the Border Gavaskar Trophy who has just two centuries and 11 half-centuries in his last 60 Test innings.

Dive into the cricketing duel between Virat Kohli and Nathan Lyon in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. With Kohli's recent form.

Australian veteran Nathan Lyon remains wary of out-of-form superstar Virat Kohli and his under-fire Indian teammates ahead of the Border-Gavaskar battle.

The Aussies are prepared to take on the challenge of playing India in a thrilling environment, according to Lyon, who is one of the top wicket-takers in the red-ball format.