Management of his thoughts! ‘Even Virat Kohli was thinking …’: Rohit Sharma on Kohli’s mental strength. Cricket news
New Delhi: A year after the ICC men’s T20 World Cup trophy in Barbados, Rohit Sharma dropped the memory lane down, leading to Ek-Virat Kohli’s gritty half-century and his sports partnership with Axar Patel.“If you hit the three borders in the first over, obviously, you have started well,” Rohit said, showing the onset of high pressure in the final. “And this is what every cricketer wants – it helps to dispose of the nerves.”For Rohit, Kohli’s pressure was not about his shot-making, but the reflection of his years of experience of playing for India.
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“The experience of playing for India in these years also helps in those moments. You learn to control your feelings, manage your thoughts and live in the present. I am sure that even he (Virat) was thinking, ‘Today is the day – I need to focus and do not worry about what happened in the past. ,Kohli arrived at the occasion when it was the most important-anchoring India’s innings with match-defying 76 and losing three quick wickets of India and putting an important partnership with Exer Patel together.“When we lost those three wickets, there were definitely veins inside the dressing room. I was nervous – I was not comfortable,” Rohit accepted.
“I remember,” We let them go to the game. ” But behind my mind, I always had faith in our lower middle order – nourish 5, 6, 7, and 8.Rohit reserved special praise for Exer Patel, with 47 out of 31 balls, playing an important role in bowing the speed. “Many people are not talking about Exer’s knock, but this innings was a real game-changer,” he said. “It was incredibly important to score 47 off 31 balls at that level.”The Indian captain appreciated Kohli to play the role of anchor for perfection, allowing the rest of the batting lineup to play independently.
“We needed someone to bat through the innings, and Virat did that work completely. It was really important for someone to anchor the innings, and he did it brilliantly. Shivam, Xer and Hardik were allowed to play their role with coming and freedom – and that he did it.”There was an ideal farewell from T20 International for both Rohit and Kohli, the final composite at Kensingon Oval became a permanent memory of the experience and the team’s efforts – and Virat Kohli stood in its heart when India needed them the most.
