Kohli masters art of patience
Nagpur: Virat Kohli has been India’s run machine for the past one and half years in the One-day arena, and is now showing signs of slowly transforming into a very good Test cricketer. Until Saturday, though, he had had a very poor series against England.
With the series and Team India’s reputation at stake, Kohli displayed character, resilience and patience during his 103-run knock and 198-run stand with skipper MS Dhoni. Yet again, the 24-year-old Kohli showed he has the match-turning ability to perform in crunch situations.
“This century is very pleasing for me because of the way I played. I didn’t think about the runs; I didn’t think about the number of balls I was playing; I was just batting. I was pretty pleased to bat for long hours in this game. It was a learning experience for me,” Kohli said.
Kohli admitted he was desperate to do well against England and that probably affected his batting. “You need to be desperate, you need to be hungry but you can’t get too desperate and start putting pressure on yourself. I am really pleased to have got this hundred.”
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