India v Pakistan is always special, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 – Cricket News Update
India’s young batsman, Virat Kohli, believes that the matches between India and Pakistan always bring a different flavor to the game of cricket and expressed that he loves to play against the Green Shirts.
Historically, there has been immense tension between the two countries and that has reflected on the field as well. Matches between India and Pakistan have always brought excitement in the fans all around the world. There have been a number of thrilling
encounters between the two teams in the past.
In the recent encounter between the two South Asian countries in the Asia Cup 2012, Kohli outclassed the Green Shirts through a brilliant display of stroke-play. India was in trouble at one stage as they needed 330 runs to win against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 and lost Gautam
Gambhir without any runs. Kohli came to bat and smashed the Pakistani bowlers all over the park and scored 183 runs off merely 148 balls, which included 22 fours and a massive hit out of the ground.
While talking about his feelings of playing against Pakistan, Kohli said that Indo-Pak matches are always special and bring the best out of the players. The right handed batsman expressed that he himself was a big fan of Indo-Pak matches in his childhood.
Kohli said, “Obviously it’s different; http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750-Pakistan matches have always had their history. As kids also, we used to be keen for this huge match. So, that’s always been on my mind that this is a dream game for any cricketer playing for India or Pakistan,
and if you do well in that game, it’s going to be a totally different high. I experienced that in the last game.”
Kohli also commented on his innings and admitted that he was under pressure when he went into bat but did not hesitate to play his shots. The right hander failed to make an impression in the semi-final of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2012 against Pakistan and
this is the reason why he was so hungry to deliver the goods against the neighboring country.
“It was wonderful. Obviously, it was a high-pressure game and you do think before the game. Everyone watches that game. So that sort of comes across your mind and it’s hard to ignore that,” he added.
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