CAPE TOWN: He has the best regards for his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate and Indian skipper Virat Kohli merely does not understand why each and every Indo-South Africa series to be billed as a battle between him and AB de Villiers.
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"It's not like only two guys are playing in this series. AB is a great friend of mine. I respect the way he plays the game and I have always respected him as a person as well. But, when we are playing against each other -- it's not that we cross the line with each other, we are just not like that," Kohli mentioned when asked about his duel with the premier Proteas batsman.
Kohli additionally reminded that merely getting De Villiers out won't be sure that a Test match victory for India.
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"It's simply that we wish to get AB out and the opposition will wish to get me out or Pujara or Rahane. The mindset I don't think there's any different on the subject of the mindset in any of the batsmen within the facet.
"Every participant wants to be the stand out batsman and contribute in opposition to the workforce winning. Unless you've that as a group, you would not have too many probabilities of winning a series. Some people will have brilliant individual performances after which you're going to be effective with one or two people doing neatly," Kohli mentioned.
The Indian skipper mentioned that his workforce is hungry to do neatly against a quality opposition.
"Right now, the starvation we have within the staff, everyone wants a possibility to accomplish and that's the reason very exciting. I can't discuss for the opposition as a result of AB hasn't played much Test cricket since he played against us and he is coming back after some time.
"But, look, setting apart all the spice created on the outside, the team that plays well together for a longer period of time has a better chance of winning the series," he mentioned.
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"It's not like only two guys are playing in this series. AB is a great friend of mine. I respect the way he plays the game and I have always respected him as a person as well. But, when we are playing against each other -- it's not that we cross the line with each other, we are just not like that," Kohli mentioned when asked about his duel with the premier Proteas batsman.
Kohli additionally reminded that merely getting De Villiers out won't be sure that a Test match victory for India.
ALSO READ: We have nothing to end up to someone, says Kohli
"It's simply that we wish to get AB out and the opposition will wish to get me out or Pujara or Rahane. The mindset I don't think there's any different on the subject of the mindset in any of the batsmen within the facet.
"Every participant wants to be the stand out batsman and contribute in opposition to the workforce winning. Unless you've that as a group, you would not have too many probabilities of winning a series. Some people will have brilliant individual performances after which you're going to be effective with one or two people doing neatly," Kohli mentioned.
The Indian skipper mentioned that his workforce is hungry to do neatly against a quality opposition.
"Right now, the starvation we have within the staff, everyone wants a possibility to accomplish and that's the reason very exciting. I can't discuss for the opposition as a result of AB hasn't played much Test cricket since he played against us and he is coming back after some time.
"But, look, setting apart all the spice created on the outside, the team that plays well together for a longer period of time has a better chance of winning the series," he mentioned.
The series is not just about my duel with De Villiers: Kohli
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