India vs Australia | Don’t really need to prove anything to anyone, asserts Virat Kohli

After ending the T20I series at 1-1, the onus will be on Virat Kohli & Co. to put pressure on a weakened Australia team and return home with a series win against their mighty foes. The loss of Steven Smith and David Warner will certainly pile pressure on the home side’s bowling department who will need to make up for the lack of depth in the batting line-up.

The 30-year old Indian captain is optimistic of his side’s chances going into the series but revealed that he has not set himself any individual targets for the four-match saga.

"I think from last time round, I've become more assured of myself, I don't really find the need to prove anything to anyone. In the early stage of my career I used to think of these things as important milestones which are really important in one's career, but now the focus is purely and solely on making the team win at any cost.

"So ... I don't find the need to get involved in anything with the opposition and I think those are changes that keep happening gradually as you go forward," Kohli told Macquarie Sports Radio.

The Delhi-born batsman, who has scored 6331 runs including 24 hundreds from 73 Tests at an average of 54.57, did not dare to underestimate his opponents. Kohli added that despite the absence of star players in the Aussie squad, he still expects an aggressive battle in the coming weeks.

"Not really, you might not see the same kind of stuff that happened in the last series. But I think in terms of their body language and intent that they have, I'm sure they're still going to be aggressive in their minds," said Kohli, who has scored over 10,000 runs at a whopping average of 59.83 in ODIs.

"That's the way Australia have always played, I don't think there's any other way they like to play their cricket. I don't see any incidents happening on the field, I think it's going to be competitive cricket.They're definitely going to bring their A-game and expect us to bring ours, so we definitely expect stiff competition from Australia as always and we're definitely not taking anything for granted," Kohli concluded.