I lost my focus after the hundred, admits Virat Kohli – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in the Bangalore Test and admitted that he lost concentration for a brief period of time.
The 23-year-old cricketer played a brilliant innings under extreme pressure, with India struggling to maintain their supremacy in the series against New Zealand on day two of the second Test. Kohli proved his class once again and took the attack to the opposition, helping India post 353 runs on the board in their first innings.
The right-hander scored 103 runs off 193 balls with the help of 14 boundaries and a six, before the youngster was trapped in front of the wickets by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TG-Southee-c2659, who troubled the Indian lineup, picking up seven wickets in the first innings.
Kohli wanted to score a big hundred but confessed that he lost focus after reaching the three-figure score.
"That was the only ball in my innings in which I didn't look at the bowler's hand. That ball he bowled crossed seam and I didn't look," the Delhi-born cricketer said. "That was a lapse in concentration and you just need one to get out in international cricket. Again, it's a lesson for me to be learnt and hopefully when I cross that 100 mark next time I can make it a big one."
Over the past four years, the young batsman has been extremely successful in the 50-over format, scoring at an average of more than 50 runs per innings. Kohli has already scored two Test hundreds but is yet to prove his true mettle in the game’s longer version.
However, there is no doubt about the talent of the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 Under-19 captain, who said that he is learning to change his game according to the different formats.
"In the first Test I thought I played too many attacking shots because we hadn't played any practice match and we were playing a Test after seven months," he added.
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