Talismanic India batter Virat Kohli has stated that chasing personal records can never sustain a long career in international cricket, adding that his sole focus over the years has been to steer the national team to victory from challenging situations. Tearing into the West Indies bowling attack in the first ODI at the Greenfield International Stadium, Kohli breached the 15,000-run mark in ODIs while making an unbeaten 139, his 55th century in the format and the third-fastest overall. He now stands as only the second player in history to cross 15,000 men’s ODI runs, after the legendary Sachin Tendulkar .
Of course, a big number like that, to tick it off along the way to another win, is quite special,” Kohli said in a video posted on the BCCI’s social media accounts on Monday. “Of course, I mean, if you look at it from a numbers perspective, it’s a big number. But the goal is simple, to try and make the team win from difficult situations and different situations. “That’s what I’ve tried to do over the years. You can only play for that long if you’re looking to make the team win. So I’m lucky to have been in this position for so long.
You can’t play for that long for numbers because, in the need to get numbers, you will compromise on the main goal, and you can’t play for long in that manner.
“Now he’s in a leadership position. I’ve been in that position for a long time and now I’m a senior player. So, when senior players or the leaders in the team are smiling, laughing and keeping the environment light, all the other players feel like, yes, there’s no problem. “When you bat with a player like that, we don’t talk much about the match. Of course, he’s got great skill. In the presentation, he was asking me how I feel batting with him.
Because he knows what to do and I know what to do, we talk about other things. Because he knows what to do, “But batting with him, you don’t need to say much. Because he has the right perspective to look at the game in a way that he can make the team win,” he added, so I said there’s a reason why he’s leading the team,.
