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We are not focussing on coach issue: Virat Kohli

Indian skipper says the entire team wants to play good cricket in the coming days

By Unnikrishnan

Galle, July: Indian captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday (July 25) put a full-stop to the queries regarding the appointment of Ravi Shastri as team coach after Anil Kumble's acrimonious departure.

"The coach issue is something that we are not focussing on at all. We have worked together before and it has been fruitful and successful. We are just looking forward to cricket now," said Kohli.

Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri file picture

"We want to showcase our skills with consistent performances in this series, which we have done as a side ever since we started our climb back in the rankings after the tour of Australia in 2014-15," he said.

Kohli once again reiterated how the 2015 series was a watershed moment for the current team. "That particular series was very important for us coming together as a team, believing that we can win Test series and not just Test matches. That was the beginning of that mindset. We were able to build on that in the last couple of years, training in a certain way, thinking about the game in a certain way and playing together as a team in a certain way," said Kohli.

Kohli said that they now have a good "base" which is a key component towards the team being No 1 in the Test rankings. "I think we have really built a good base for ourselves as a team to be able to do that consistently over the next few years. The next phase of cricket is going to be challenging but it is something that we are looking forward to because we believe we have the skill required to win different conditions. We have all the bases covered strongly," said Kohli

OneIndia News

Story first published: Thursday, August 3, 2017, 7:55 [IST]
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