India vs New Zealand | Only focused on my job, undeterred by spectators’ behaviour, asserts Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli has said that though earlier he used to feed off the spectators’ energy now the things are a lot more different as he has become the Indian captain and now he focuses on his job at hand. Kohli was at the receiving end of the spectators’ ire after a tiff with opponent captain Tim Paine.
India ended their two month long tour of Australia on a winning note as the visitors made yet another record after winning their first bilateral ODI series in Australia 2-1. This way the Indian team ended the tour without losing a series in Australia in any of the three formats, first for an Indian team.
"Well that used to happen in the middle phase of my career. It all started in 2014-15 series (in Australia). So I used to feed off those things then as I needed to boost myself up but now being the captain of the team, I really don't need to focus on those things," Kohli told PTI.
The Indian skipper Virat Kohli was booed by the Australian spectators on multiple occasions on the recently concluded India tour of Australia. An unprovoked heckling even prompted former Australian captain Ricky Ponting to express his disappointment at such a behaviour of the Australian spectators.
"I have a greater responsibility which I understand as it's an honour to play for the country. I necessarily don't need the crowd to be on my side or against my side as I have to go out there and do my responsibilities whether there are 1 person or 50,000 people inside the ground, I will have to do my job.
"That's the mindset that I have been in in the last two or three years. All these things are not what I think about when I go out there to bat," the India skipper said.
After a memorable tour of Australia, the Indian team is ready to take on the New Zealand team in a five match ODI series. The first of which is scheduled for tomorrow at the McLean Park Sports Ground. The Indian team will also play a three match T20 series after the ODI series is concluded.
"New Zealand is always great place to cricket. They enjoy and play quality cricket. They support good sportsmanship and good cricket.
"I think from that point of view I really enjoyed being here and how the crowd reacts to me or as a team is not what we think about as a side. We purely have to do our responsibilities on the field," Kohli said.
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