Former Australian all-rounder Shane Lee has criticized his ex-teammate Ricky Ponting for his comments on Virat Kohli's form, suggesting it might backfire by motivating the Indian star ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Gautam Gambhir 's fiery and unexpected response to former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting's concern over the form of India's premier batter Virat Kohli created a lot of  buzz. The verbal volleys fired from either ends has added a lot of spice to the  Border Gavaskar Trophy( BGT).

Virat Kohli's career-worst form is at odds with his formidable touring record in Australia, and former India coach Ravi Shastri is backing one of cricket's greatest competitors to fire.

Ricky Ponting reignited his feud with Gautam Gambhir, suggesting the Indian coach's criticism of his Virat Kohli comments stemmed from India's recent Test series loss to New Zealand. Ponting defended his assessment of Kohli's form,