We are fresh and eager to win, says Virat Kohli
Durham (UK): After
England steamrolled India in the lone T20 match, Indian batsman Virat Kohli has said the team is fresh and eager to win the one- day series that stars on
Saturday.
Talking to mediapersons,
Kohli said that the team is
trying its best to perform
well and added that there is no point in looking back.
"Every series is different
and every match is
different, we can`t play
taking pressure because
we are left with the one
day series and we will do well. Everybody eagerly
wants to do better in this
series. So I think, we
should concentrate on
cricket and there is no
point of thinking what all happened last month and there is no point of taking on the pressure of being the World Cup Champions. We will try to go in with fresh minds and will show a team effort in one day series and would try to win
the match," said Kohli.
Kohli further said a few
new players have joined
the team and the team is
banking on them as they
are fresh and raring to go.
"New players have got
chance to show their talent and have been given a fair chance in recent series. This has been happening for a
while, so you can say it is a positive thing with fresh faces coming in because they have come with a mindset to do well and they have a time to
prepare back home so, all of us are very fresh and eagerly want to perform in this one day series and hopefully try to win it," he added.
He also said that the
players should focus on
their performance rather
than worry about things
which are beyond their
control.
"It is up to us to focus on
cricket and not to focus on anything else because we need to be tide as a team and we need to have a strong bonding as a team and not worry about the
things being said or
expectations or pressure
or anything like that and
that is why we did very
well in the world cup and that is why we are able to just be together as a unit and not worry about
anything else. All of us
have to do that in one day series and I can feel in the dressing room that
bonding is there and we
will try our level best to
hold on to it," asserted
Kohli.
The second match of the
series will be played on
Tuesday at the Rose Bowl,Southampton.
England steamrolled India in the lone T20 match, Indian batsman Virat Kohli has said the team is fresh and eager to win the one- day series that stars on
Saturday.
Talking to mediapersons,
Kohli said that the team is
trying its best to perform
well and added that there is no point in looking back.
"Every series is different
and every match is
different, we can`t play
taking pressure because
we are left with the one
day series and we will do well. Everybody eagerly
wants to do better in this
series. So I think, we
should concentrate on
cricket and there is no
point of thinking what all happened last month and there is no point of taking on the pressure of being the World Cup Champions. We will try to go in with fresh minds and will show a team effort in one day series and would try to win
the match," said Kohli.
Kohli further said a few
new players have joined
the team and the team is
banking on them as they
are fresh and raring to go.
"New players have got
chance to show their talent and have been given a fair chance in recent series. This has been happening for a
while, so you can say it is a positive thing with fresh faces coming in because they have come with a mindset to do well and they have a time to
prepare back home so, all of us are very fresh and eagerly want to perform in this one day series and hopefully try to win it," he added.
He also said that the
players should focus on
their performance rather
than worry about things
which are beyond their
control.
"It is up to us to focus on
cricket and not to focus on anything else because we need to be tide as a team and we need to have a strong bonding as a team and not worry about the
things being said or
expectations or pressure
or anything like that and
that is why we did very
well in the world cup and that is why we are able to just be together as a unit and not worry about
anything else. All of us
have to do that in one day series and I can feel in the dressing room that
bonding is there and we
will try our level best to
hold on to it," asserted
Kohli.
The second match of the
series will be played on
Tuesday at the Rose Bowl,Southampton.
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