IND vs SA Live: Virat Kohli content with his poor form – No century in over two years, a below 30 average in Test over the last 12 months but Virat Kohli is still content with how he is playing. The Test skipper said he is not bothered by outside noise and it is the standard he has set that has the world talking. Follow India vs South Africa Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
“This is not the first time that people have talked about my form, it has happened a few times in my career. England in 2014 was one of those phases. I do not kind of look at myself from the lens the outside world looks at me with,” Virat Kohli said at the pre-match press conference on Monday.
IND vs SA Live: No centuries in over two years but Virat Kohli is content with his form, says ‘At peace with how I am playing’
“The standards have been set by me myself, they are not an occurrence from the outside world, and more than anyone else, I take a lot of pride in doing the best for the team and wanting to perform for the team regularly,” Virat Kohli added.
Since his last century against Bangladesh in November 2019, Virat Kohli has averaged 26.08 in 25 innings with just five half-centuries to show for. Several former greats including Sunil Gavaskar advised him to work on the technique that has failed him constantly in the last few years.
IND vs SA Live: No centuries in over two years but Virat Kohli is content with his form, says ‘At peace with how I am playing’
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“You have to understand that in sport, things do not go your way all the time but at the end of the day, I realise as a player I have been involved in key moments for the side and for me that is a matter of pride that I have been a part of partnerships when the team needed it. And eventually, those moments were crucial for us. Sometimes your focal point needs to shift,” Virat Kohli said.
Kohli who had missed the second Test due to back spasms, will be looking to hit form and end his two-year century drought in a crucial game.
IND vs SA Live: No centuries in over two years but Virat Kohli is content with his form, says ‘At peace with how I am playing’
“Yeah, look our focal point was to be as fit as possible, to be the fittest version of ourselves. But the reality of the situation is that we do play a lot of cricket and there is no denying that. As much as I take pride in being fit at all times but you do obviously take a lot of things for granted as well. I have been playing all three formats along with IPL since 2012. It is a thing that is being taken for granted that I will feature in all the games,” said Kohli.
“That is not how the sport works. Bhuvi played a lot of cricket for us 4-6 six years straight and Jadeja plays in most of the games India plays. These injuries are a natural occurrence, there has to be the right balance between quantity and intensity you play with. We want to compete at full intensity so quantity becomes all the more important,” he added.
IND vs SA Live: No centuries in over two years but Virat Kohli is content with his form, says ‘At peace with how I am playing’
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