star of india Virat Kohli Border Gavaskar ended the wait for three points in Test cricket by scoring his 28th Test century in the fourth match of the series. Kohli led Australia’s total to 480 runs as India scored 571 runs. on 186.
The Indian star has now started his innings and hopes of scoring a Test century have increased. Asked by head coach Rahul Dravid if not reaching the three-hundred mark was on his mind, Kohli said that he let complications get the better of him because of his shortcomings. “Honestly, I’ve let my shortcomings get a bit complicit. The frustration of reaching the three-figure mark is something that can grow on you as a batsman. I let that happen to me to some extent. ” Kohli said.
Kohli talks about performing for the team
The 34-year-old also said that he always wanted to play for the team for a long time and that was eating him up. “But another aspect of it is, I am not someone who is happy at 40-45. I take a lot of pride in performing for the team. That is not when Virat Kohli should stand up. When I would have been batting.” At 40, I know I can score 150. It was eating into me a lot,” Kohli said.
“Why am I not able to score such big scores for the team? Because I take pride in the fact that when the team needed me, I stood up to score in difficult situations. The fact that I was able to do so was not.” was troubling me,” he said.
Kohli talks about high expectations from him
He also spoke about how difficult it was to cope with the expectations. “If I’m being honest, it becomes a bit difficult because as soon as you step out of the hotel room, from the guy outside to the guy in the lift, the bus driver everyone is saying ‘we need one’,” Kohli said. ‘So it’s always in the back of your mind but that’s the beauty of playing for so long that these complexities come to the fore and overcome these challenges.’
Kohli played a calm innings on a sluggish pitch that offered almost nothing to the bowlers and greatly reduced the rapid scoring rate. He said that it is important to adjust to different match conditions and that is what he did in Ahmedabad. “I don’t think you can always play the same way all the time. You need to adapt according to the conditions in front of you. I think that is one of the main reasons why I have been able to play across formats. Playing for so long. Adaptability comes from knowing that physically I can do things in many different ways,” he said.