Don’t care about scores as long as I am playing well: Virat Kohli

“It’s not an easy environment to step away from the game and work on things that you need to fix,” Kohli said.

“It’s not an easy environment to step away from the game and work on things that you need to fix,” Kohli said.

Virat Kohli had “butterflies” in his stomach and felt “nervous” like a debutante when he walked out to bat in his 100th Test, but he is not bothered by the lack of hundreds as he feels he is good. are batting.

Kohli scored 45 and looked set before being bowled by Lasith Embuldeniya on the first day of India’s first Test against Sri Lanka here on Friday.

When asked if he would like to rethink his process, Kohli said, “I am preparing as usual. As long as I am batting well, I don’t care. We somehow We are crazy about milestones and materialistic achievements.” Dried up.

“It felt like I was making my debut. I had butterflies in my stomach, I was feeling very nervous,” he said.

However, he admitted that he needed to change his start.

“Obviously disappointed because I got off to a good start. I was batting well. As a batsman you definitely feel disappointed. To play big innings for the team and put the team in a strong position,” he said. There is always an effort.”

One of the pertinent points he raised was that in the post-Covid-19 world, when one needs to do it, there is little time left for curriculum correction.

“It’s not an easy environment to step away from the game and work on things that you need to fix,” Kohli said.

“It has been tough to play three formats and in IPL for so long. Proud of how I have handled my body, my body.”