Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) young batting sensation Abhishek Sharma made history on Sunday
'There were tough conversations with him, and I don't think he would have appreciated them at that stage. But I had to be honest.'
Starc was bought by KKR ahead of IPL 2018 but an injury had ruled him out of that season.
Kohli has reached the UK along with Mohammad Siraj, and the team is training at Kent Cricket Ground ahead of the final.
RCB pacer Harshal Patel took 3/35 and was rightly named player of the match against CSK.
Coach Darren Lehmann said Brisbane had been keen to re-sign the South African, who is currently playing in the Indian Premier League, but factors emerged that "changed everyone's plans".
'Probably, a couple of more ODIs would have been more beneficial for both the teams, not just us. It would have been more ideal and logical'
Test cricket must adapt to survive in the face of the ever-tightening squeeze from shorter, more lucrative, forms of the game, both England and South Africa's captains said on Wednesday.
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