My aggression stems from passion: Kohli
SKIPPER FINCH SEES CHANCE TO TURN THE TABLES
Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who is known for his aggressive approach on the field, yesterday said aggression for him is passion to win the game for his country.
Kohli said to many people aggression means something else but for him it is the passion to win at any cost.
“Aggression for me is the passion to win and winning on every ball for the team. I think people have different meaning of aggression but for me it is to win the match at any cost and giving 120% for the team on each and every delivery,” Kohli told reporters yesterday, ahead of the opening T20I, starting today.
“It could be on the field or if I’m sitting outside and applauding someone or batting or running, it could be anything. That, for me, is aggression.
“Aggression depends on how the situation is on field. If the opposition is aggressive towards you then you counter it,” he added.
Kohli also commented on the situation where Cricket Australia turned down the appeal of reducing the bans of Steve Smith and David Warner. “I honestly don’t know exactly what happened before those decisions were taken. Obviously everyone saw what happened but unless I know the details it is not my place to comment on,” Kohli said. “The decision is made by someone and that is going on in the sidelines. Honestly not my place to give an opinion on,” he added.
Good job
When asked to comment on the atmosphere the Indian skipper is expecting, Kohli said: “You can never underestimate any side. We haven’t played Australia after everything that has happened so I cannot really say what the atmosphere is going to be on the ground like.”
Explaining the importance of pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah in this tour, Kohli praised the duo saying the two are doing a good job and he is expecting to do the same here also. “Any captain would love to have them both in their attack and I have been lucky to have them both bowling so well for the team, giving those breakthroughs and in the difficult situations of death overs executing what we want them to,” Kohli said.
Australia have the ideal opportunity to arrest their slide with some aggressive cricket in the Twenty20 series, limitedovers captain Aaron Finch said in Brisbane.
“We are still very confident in this (T20) format,” Finch told reporters on the eve of the series opener against India, who beat world champions West Indies 3-0 at home before landing in Australia.
“India have been in great form in all forms of the game for a long time now.
“It’s going to be a great opportunity for us to come out and express ourselves, play some aggressive, attacking cricket and take the game on and really try and take it to India.”