Pune: Indian skipper Virat Kohli has opened up on his century drought by saying that he has never played for personal milestones in his career, and always looked after the team’s cause. He said he has never played for hundreds in his life and that is the reason why he has ended up getting so many of them in such a short span of time.
Hard to swallow this fact but Kohli last scored a hundred in international cricket in November 2019. On Friday, the 32-year-old skipper once again looked in supreme touch before getting dismissed for 66 by Adil Rashid during India’s second ODI against England in Pune. It was his 2nd consecutive fifty in this series.
“I never played for 100s in my life, that’s probably why I ended up getting so many in such little time. It’s all about contributing to the team cause. If the team doesn’t win when you get three figures it doesn’t mean anything. You’re not going to sit back at the end of your career and look at numbers, it’s more about how you played the game,” Virat Kohli said at the post-match presentation.
Meanwhile, speaking on India’s defeat, Kohli credited Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes for their amazing batting and taking the game away from the hosts. “When the top two sides are playing each other, it’s about who is better on the night. We didn’t execute too well but I thought they batted brilliantly tonight. It was some of the most amazing batting you’ll see when chasing. They totally blew us away during that partnership of Jonny and Ben Stokes. We didn’t even have a chance during that partnership,” Kohli added.
