New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- Former cricketer Mohammad Kaif believes India's batting bigwigs Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli need time to adjust to face Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood on Australian conditions, citing that a couple of nets sessions were never going to make the task easy.

Rohit and Virat returned to the international circuit for the first time after more than six months since lifting the Champions Trophy title on March 9. The duo returned to competitive action in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and were expected to tour with India for the five-match Test series in England in June.

However, Rohit and Virat announced their retirements from the longest format of cricket more than a month before the commencement of the tour. For the...