Following his marathon knock against Australia in the fourth Test of the series, star India batter Virat Kohli remarked that the expectations that he has from himself are more important for him and he is not in a space to prove someone wrong.
Half-centuries from Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne helped Australia draw the fourth and final Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday. “To be honest, the expectations I have from myself as a player is more to important to me. I felt I was batting well from the first innings at Nagpur. We focused on batting for long. I did that to an extent but not to the capability that I have done in the past. I was a little disappointed about that. Relief from the point of view that I could play the way I wanted to play,” said Virat in a post-match presentation. “I was happy with my defence. I am not in a space now where I will go out and prove someone wrong. I also need to justify why I am there on the field. When I was 60 not out, we decided to play positively. But we lost Shreyas to injury and were a batter short. So, we decided to play time. They were good with the ball and placed some good fields. We got a bit of a lead and gave ourselves some sort of a chance,” added the batter.
Virat was named as the ‘Player of the Match’ for his magnificent knock of 186 runs. He emerged as the second-highest run-scorer in the series with a total of 297 runs at an average of 49.50. He scored one century in the series.
