India Vs Pakistan: Virat Kohli on what it means to play against Pakistan – Watch | Cricket News

Virat Kohli after India’s victory against Pakistan in Dubai. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)

NEW DELHI: Speaking candidly about his match-successful 82nd worldwide century against Pakistan, India’s batting virtuoso Virat Kohli defined that his favourite cowl drive shot places him in a “catch 22” scenario as a result of it has been his weak spot these days, however he has additionally scored numerous runs with it.
In Sunday’s ICC Champions Trophy encounter against bitter rivals Pakistan on the Dubai International Stadium, Kohli reached 14,000 runs in a single-day worldwide cricket.
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“It’s a ‘catch-22’. I mean, it’s kind of been my weakness as well over the years, but I’ve scored a lot of runs on that shot. I think today was just about backing my shots and I think the first couple of boundaries I got were cover drives on the rise, so I really had to just let it go a little bit and take a bit of risk and follow through with my shots, because when I hit that kind of shots, then I feel in control when I bat out there, so it was a good innings for me personally and it was a great team win,” the previous India skipper mentioned in a video posted by BCCI on their official X deal with.
The veteran cricketer shared his ideas about batting at quantity three later within the video, stating that his major aim is at all times to put his workforce within the successful place.

“One thing that I’ve always thought of batting at three is to minimize risk and make sure that I put my team in a winning position and if you have a chance to finish off the game in a chase, obviously, that’s much better and I always preferred that kind of a situation, but yeah, my role over the years has remained the same, whatever the demand of the game, I put my head down and try to do that,” the 36-yr-previous former captain added.

Kohli additionally shared his ideas on enjoying archrivals Pakistan.
“The occasion is a bit more lively when you play against Pakistan, especially in this region because you have equal number of fans from both countries, yeah, it was a great day for us as a team and for me personally as well,” Kohli concluded.

Kohli smashed an undefeated 100 runs off 111 balls, studded with seven fours. India overhauled Pakistan’s whole of 241 thanks to his innings, which got here at a strike fee of 90.09. This was Kohli’s first century within the ICC Champions Trophy.