{"id":300240,"date":"2023-03-21T11:11:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T11:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/03\/21\/i-was-getting-decent-scores-but-virat-kohli-opens-up-to-ab-de-villiers-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T11:11:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T11:11:18","slug":"i-was-getting-decent-scores-but-virat-kohli-opens-up-to-ab-de-villiers-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/03\/21\/i-was-getting-decent-scores-but-virat-kohli-opens-up-to-ab-de-villiers-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I was getting decent scores, but&#8230;&#8217;: Virat Kohli opens up to AB de Villiers | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: The camaraderie between <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Virat Kohli-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virat Kohli<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ab-de-villiers\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-AB de Villiers-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ab-de-villiers\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AB de Villiers<\/a> is known to the cricketing world with both players creating numerous records for the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-auction-2018-complete-squad-of-royal-challengers-bangalore\/articleshow\/62690441.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Royal Challengers Bangalore-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-auction-2018-complete-squad-of-royal-challengers-bangalore\/articleshow\/62690441.cms\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Royal Challengers Bangalore<\/a> franchise. Their 229-run partnership is the highest ever in <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-IPL-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IPL<\/a> history for any wicket.<br \/>The former South African star invited Kohli for a fun chat on his YouTube channel where the former Indian skipper spoke his heart out and opened about the failure he endured with the bat for a long time.<br \/>Kohli, who recently ended his 1205 days Test century drought when he played a marathon knock of 186 against Australia in the fourth Test in Ahmedabad, said that hundred gave him a sense of calmness and excitement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW\">\n<div class=\"undefined PjEF6 video_blk \" style=\"background:\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"360 SHOW - 21.03.2023\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/75EYWKdGf-o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"efT4r\">360 SHOW &#8211; 21.03.2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;So, when I made the hundred and converted it into a big one, that gave me a sense of calmness, relaxation, and excitement again,&#8221; Kohli told AB de Villiers on the latter&#8217;s YouTube channel. &#8220;You eventually want to be in such a space. And that particular hundred gave me a grounded feeling back. Just from a cricketing perspective.<br \/>&#8220;In life, I was pretty happy and relaxed. But when playing also, you want to be in that space as much as possible,&#8221; he added.<br \/>Kohli also spoke about the importance of Test cricket and why the longest format is paramount to him.<br \/>Kohli said that he was happy with his contributions to the team but was not doing enough to convert his decent score into big runs. He had gone without a fifty-plus score in his last 15 innings in Tests before he scored 186 against Australia.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"c2be7664-7f3d-4dda-a53f-0b5ca057a1f4\" msid=\"98865417\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-98865417,width-600,resizemode-4\/98865417.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I was getting decent scores, but if you ask me if I was happy with what I was doing. I wasn&#8217;t. I pride myself in performing for the team to the best of my ability, I certainly wasn&#8217;t doing that enough. I wanted to score big runs, that&#8217;s something that always propelled me, whether it was at home or away. I was doing that to a certain extent. But I was not having the same kind of impact that I had before,&#8221; he added.<br \/>&#8220;I and AB have been in touch for a while and he knows how much I value Test cricket. Even though, I had performed in T20Is again and scored ODI centuries and all that stuff, I always felt that white-ball cricket, for me, was more of a thing where if you go in with the right frame of mind on a particular day or for a certain period of time, you can get past the hurdles.<br \/>&#8220;But even though we played the Test on a wicket that is not offering too much to the bowlers, you still have to bat for good 7-8 hours sometimes, because they (Australia) are that patient with their fields and they could go defensive. It was just testing me constantly. 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