Virat Kohli relishing his success against Pakistan

Indian young batting star Virat Kohli is in sublime form these days, as he struck his third ton in the last four innings. Ahead of stepping into Asia Cup, Kohli slammed a fantastic ton at Hobart to steer his side to bonus point triumph against Sri Lanka.

Perpetuating his good run, he lashed match winning 183-run-knock against archrivals Pakistan on Sunday. Kohli had already termed his Hobart knock as his best, but he equally enjoyed his success against the Men in Green.

After the match in Bangladesh, the Indian vice-skipper shared that his innings against Pakistan was ‘special’ and he has learned to value his wicket.

"I will rate it with Hobart, not equal but sort of more special because of the sort of game we were playing today. It was a special game for us against a good opposition," Kohli told reporters at the post-match press conference.

“Batting at number three is an important position and I value my wicket more now because if I get set a good platform, I will be able to cover up, and that has been my strength and I will stick to that," he added.  

Kohli could easily go for his double hundred against Pakistan. When asked whether the double ton played in his mind, the classy right-handed stroke maker described that the idea came to his mind for a while, but he kept on playing for the win.

He explained, “For a brief period it did come to my mind but I told myself that I was thinking something else and I decided to get back to the game and tried to look at the ball and hit it."

When asked about his recipe for success, Kohli stated, "There is no recipe, I give myself the best chance every time I go out there, I try to stay till the end, that’s my only aim and it is working for me. I was able to go that extra mile today because I
wasn’t getting big hundreds and getting out at 40th or 42nd over. So I decided to apply myself more today as it was an important game for us."

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Posted by Rana Nasir Ghafoor on Mar 19 2012. Filed under Pakistan, Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry