Home season conquered, Kohli wants India to win overseas

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Published on: Mar 28, 2017

India captain Virat Kohli admitted on Tuesday that while India had a great home season, culminating with the win at Dharamsala, it was now time they started winning overseas.

India captain Virat Kohli admitted on Tuesday that while India had a great home season, culminating with the win at Dharamsala, it was now time they started winning overseas.
"No need to get over excited with whatever we have done. We are very happy with No 1 ranking in the world but our main challenge begins now. If we can conquer the overseas season, that's when you will see a broader smile on my face when I sit down for the press conference," Kohli was quoted as saying in a PTI report.
On the biggest gain from the series, Kohli said it was working towards building a team for the future. "It is a very proud moment. Playing good cricket all season, especially in the home season, we dominated all of it. It was very important for a young side to do so and build a team for the future so that we can give such performances consistently. That we did in this whole season and it was important how we responded to difficult situations."
Kohli also praised Ajinkya Rahane’s captaincy, whose decision it was to play Kuldeep Yadav as the fifth bowler. "I spoke to Jinks (Rahane) before the game and he asked me what I feel. I said, this is your game and you have to be comfortable with playing play four or five bowlers. He instantly said five bowlers because he understands the workloads of the guys throughout the whole season,” he said.
"So that fifth bowler, that was Anil bhai and Jinks and myself, we all had a discussion. Kuldeep was the X factor, they hadn’t played him, they hadn’t seen him much and he turned out to the difference in the game, I think from 130 for 1 to 300 all out on the same day can really demoralise the opposition. And I think it was a great call on Jinx and Anil bhai's part," Kohli went on to add.
--By A Cricket Correspondent

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