Pleased with the affection
provided by the Men in Blue, the global cricket icon tweeted, ‘Team India
returning to the dressing room after the game, waved to me. Felt like I never
left the team...IndvsPak.’ Kohli, who was also declared `man of the match`,
smashed seven boundaries and a six in his blistering unbeaten knock of 55 runs
off 37 balls. India registered their 11th overall win against the arch-rival in
the World T20s and the World Cups.
With the win, India have
gained two points in the Group B table, but are still lacking behind Pakistan
in terms of run rate. India will next face Bangladesh at the M. Chinnaswamy
Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.The exhilaration of being India's hero in the
crunch World Twenty20 clash against Pakistan aside, batting star Virat Kohli
said he felt emotionally overwhelmed to have done it in front of the iconic
Sachin Tendulkar.
Kohli's unbeaten 37-ball 55
helped India overahul a target of 119 in 18 overs last night to continue their
winning run against Pakistan in ICC events.The swashbuckling right-hander said
to have played the knock with Tendulkar in attendance added to his happiness."I
can't express the feeling...Sachin Tendulkar was up there in the stands. I have
seen Sachin paaji do that for India for years together and seen how people
shout for him. I have gotten a chance to do it in front of him and he was
celebrating," Kohli told 'bcci.tv'.
There is nothing you can do
about a bad loss, but what you have to do is learn from it, and come out
positive," he said. "When you are sitting in that room, you want to
be the guy that makes the difference in the game and win the game for the team
single-handedly. If all eleven guys can think like that, then the team is in a
good space," he added.
Speaking of the opening loss,
Kohli said he was disappointed with himself for not doing enough in the match.
"Last game, I was really disappointed with myself. I got out on 25 (23), I
wanted to win the game for the team but that is how cricket goes sometimes. I
knew if I had batted till 40 -45 runs, we could have pulled that game out of
trouble and we could have won that one as well. It doesn't happen every
time," he said.
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