When Farid Ahmed was bowling his 19th over in the India-Afghanistan match last night, he knew nothing was going well today as he could see a ferocious man with the bat at the crease. On the second ball of his over, that person did what 1.4 billion people were waiting for 1020 days. With that six, Virat Kohli completed his century, which everyone knew was more than just runs. After the match, Virat Kohli also expressed surprise how his 60s were seen as his failures during the last few years.
“Today was the build of the last few games, I batted with my skin, to be honest, and I surprised myself. I was surprised that my 60s failed; shocking enough for me, batting very well.” Contributing more but not appears to be enough,” news agency PTI quoted Kohli as saying after the win.
The former India captain played a crucial innings in a ‘not so important match’ and smashed an unbeaten 122 off just 61 balls. His innings helped India register a record 101 run win over Afghanistan in the inevitable match of the Asia Cup.
Ahead of the Asia Cup, Virat took a month off from the game as he knew there was nothing technically wrong with his game.
“I have many suggestions, many advice have come to me; People were telling me I was doing this wrong, that wrong, I took out all the videos from my best times; Same initial pace, same approach towards the ball and it was what was happening inside my head, I couldn’t explain it to anyone,” he said.
“At the end of the day you as a person know where you stand, people will have their own opinion but they may not know what you are feeling.”
Kohli also expressed that he never expected to achieve his long-awaited century in T20 format
“The last two-and-a-half years have taught me a lot. I am going to turn 34 in a month. So the celebration of anger is now a thing of the past,” Kohli said at the innings break.
“Actually I was shocked. This is the last format I thought of. It was a collection of a lot of things. The team has been open and helpful.”
Virat too assessed His wife Anushka Sharma stood like a rock behind him in tough times.
“I know a lot of stuff was going out. And I kissed my ring. You see me standing here as one person put things in perspective for me. That’s Anushka. This century for her and ours.” There is also for the younger daughter Vamika.
The star Indian player and the entire team needs to go back to the table to reflect on what went wrong in this Asia Cup, after celebrating last night’s undefeated victory. As the T20 World Cup is slated to take place in October, this Asia Cup defeat could also act as fuel for the players to ignite the spirits and perform at their best in the World Cup.
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