Fri. Mar 29th, 2024
Virat Kohli

Though an unexpected defeat through Sri Lanka would have left the player’s morale down, but in the match against South Africa, India played exceptionally well especially the bowling attack was brilliant. The credit goes to the bowlers as well as the skipper, Virat Kohli. At the post match conference he revealed his bouncing back formula,  “Be honest and sometimes say (to teammates) things that hurt”.

“You have to be honest. You have to sometimes say things that hurt. That’s what I believe in. You have to lay it out in front of them that this is what we did wrong, including me, and we need to take it on the chin and accept it and prove it. That’s why we are chosen among millions of people to play at this level,” Kohli said at the post-match press conference.

The captain added, “You have to be good enough to do that for the country and you have to be good enough to bounce back, as well. You can’t do the same mistakes over and over again. It’s not about asking two, three players to do it. We are asking everyone to do it and everyone is responding really well. Today was a team performance.”

Kohli also said that the performance against south Africa was ‘the most complete performance by his team.’

Also, Kohli admitted that he had to take advise from MS Dhoni on many occasions .”Today (against South Africa), it was all about asking him whether to keep the slip in there long enough or what does he think of the fields and just taking assurance. Obviously, you don’t want to feel isolated out there.”Yes, you are making decisions, but the inputs from such experienced players are priceless at any stage of the day.” Kohli said.

By Naman