NEW DELHI: Indian cricket workforce captain Virat Kohli has squashed all rumours and doubts surrounding his health. Addressing the media at the eve of the workforce's departure for the tour of England, Kohli announced that he has totally recovered from the damage sustained right through the IPL, and that the damage has supplied him considerable time to organize for the tough tour that lies forward.
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"I'm 100 percent ready to go. The neck is fine now. I've had six to seven sessions in Mumbai and I'm absolutely ready to go. I went through the fitness test as well and the body is feeling fine. I'm actually very excited to get back onto the field, which is a very rare feeling when you play so much of cricket. But in hindsight, these breaks really help. It freshens you up and gets you pumped to get back out there again," Kohli said.
The Indian captain was once set for his maiden county stint for Surrey earlier than a neck damage, but his much-hyped participation was once ruled out in May. After undergoing a three-week rehabilitation, Kohli underwent the YoYo Test - elementary health parameter set via the workforce management earlier than any tour - and successfully cleared it. Kohli didn't look in any discomfort whilst taking the advanced beep take a look at as he matched MS Dhoni step for step at the side of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kedar Jadhav and Suresh Raina.
Kohli didn't mince phrases, and identified that even if he would have loved to enjoy the difficult English conditions, he's happy to have given his frame time to get better and head into the two-month long tour contemporary.
"In hindsight when I look at it, I think what has happened was in my best interest. Yes, I wanted to go and experience the conditions in England; that's a place we haven't played to our potential. It's been four years since we last went there and one tends to forget how the scenario is like there. I wanted to witness the difficult phase of those conditions, like which Pujara and Ishant played in," Kohli added.
"But if I was 90 percent with my body and used to the conditions as compared to being 110 now and going in fresh, I would much rather be in this position. More than anything, you need to be fresh and attain 100 percent fitness before a long tour such as this."
India embark on a gruelling two-month long tour of England, the place they play five Tests, 3 ODIs and 3 T20 internationals. For the primary time since the 2002 tour, the Indian workforce will probably be enjoying white-ball cricket earlier than Test fits in England, beginning with a couple of T20Is against Ireland on Wednesday.
India got the simpler of England in the ODI leg right through their ultimate shuttle - they received 3-2 - however the spike in England's ODI shape will not allow Kohli to take them calmly. Their 4-0 drubbing of Australia in the ongoing ODI series with one to play, adopted via Aaron Finch's remark of calling this England side the "best in the world" promises to make the series a lot more aggressive than ultimate time round.
However, the fact that the England-Australia series has been a run-fest, with England registering totals of 342, 481 and 314 and Australia coming shut with 310 and 304 whilst chasing, the rage of giant totals have taken over global cricket. Flat pitches and the concept that of two new balls haven't in reality been in the hobby of bowlers either, a topic which Kohli weighed in on.
"It's brutal for the bowlers; hardly any room for attacking cricket is left from the bowlers' point of view if you don't provide pitches that assist them with the new balls. I have played ODI cricket at the time when only one white ball was allowed. It used to be a massive factor towards the latter part of the innings. As a batsman, it was a lot more challenging. It is very difficult for the bowlers and they have no way out, unless you have wrist spinners in the side, which is something we have found out. But not every side has that caution," the Indian captain said.
All that however, changes as soon as the Test series commences on August 1. India persisted a horrible series in 2014, going down 1-3 after profitable the second Test at Lord's, with Kohli and the remainder of the workforce surrendering to the swing of James Anderson and Stuart Broad. Facing the similar assault with similar power is probably not a stroll in the park for the Indian. Kohli even though firmly believes that the workforce would have adapted smartly via then given the enjoy of enjoying a good enough selection of T20Is and ODIs.
"The swinging ball has the tendency to trouble the best of batsmen. But then that helps our fast bowlers as well. As a batting unit, it will be a challenge to square off against the swinging ball, but by the time the Test series arrive, we won't feel like we are playing an away series because by then, we would have already played plenty of limited-overs cricket already," Kohli said.
"As a captain of the team, I would like to put in performances myself. I think a lot of people have been thinking about the 2014 tour for too long now. We played the Champions Trophy in England last year, not in Bangladesh. And after what happened during the Tests in South Africa, we are looking to play difficult cricket because that is the only way we can improve."
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"I'm 100 percent ready to go. The neck is fine now. I've had six to seven sessions in Mumbai and I'm absolutely ready to go. I went through the fitness test as well and the body is feeling fine. I'm actually very excited to get back onto the field, which is a very rare feeling when you play so much of cricket. But in hindsight, these breaks really help. It freshens you up and gets you pumped to get back out there again," Kohli said.
The Indian captain was once set for his maiden county stint for Surrey earlier than a neck damage, but his much-hyped participation was once ruled out in May. After undergoing a three-week rehabilitation, Kohli underwent the YoYo Test - elementary health parameter set via the workforce management earlier than any tour - and successfully cleared it. Kohli didn't look in any discomfort whilst taking the advanced beep take a look at as he matched MS Dhoni step for step at the side of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kedar Jadhav and Suresh Raina.
Kohli didn't mince phrases, and identified that even if he would have loved to enjoy the difficult English conditions, he's happy to have given his frame time to get better and head into the two-month long tour contemporary.
"In hindsight when I look at it, I think what has happened was in my best interest. Yes, I wanted to go and experience the conditions in England; that's a place we haven't played to our potential. It's been four years since we last went there and one tends to forget how the scenario is like there. I wanted to witness the difficult phase of those conditions, like which Pujara and Ishant played in," Kohli added.
"But if I was 90 percent with my body and used to the conditions as compared to being 110 now and going in fresh, I would much rather be in this position. More than anything, you need to be fresh and attain 100 percent fitness before a long tour such as this."
India embark on a gruelling two-month long tour of England, the place they play five Tests, 3 ODIs and 3 T20 internationals. For the primary time since the 2002 tour, the Indian workforce will probably be enjoying white-ball cricket earlier than Test fits in England, beginning with a couple of T20Is against Ireland on Wednesday.
India got the simpler of England in the ODI leg right through their ultimate shuttle - they received 3-2 - however the spike in England's ODI shape will not allow Kohli to take them calmly. Their 4-0 drubbing of Australia in the ongoing ODI series with one to play, adopted via Aaron Finch's remark of calling this England side the "best in the world" promises to make the series a lot more aggressive than ultimate time round.
However, the fact that the England-Australia series has been a run-fest, with England registering totals of 342, 481 and 314 and Australia coming shut with 310 and 304 whilst chasing, the rage of giant totals have taken over global cricket. Flat pitches and the concept that of two new balls haven't in reality been in the hobby of bowlers either, a topic which Kohli weighed in on.
"It's brutal for the bowlers; hardly any room for attacking cricket is left from the bowlers' point of view if you don't provide pitches that assist them with the new balls. I have played ODI cricket at the time when only one white ball was allowed. It used to be a massive factor towards the latter part of the innings. As a batsman, it was a lot more challenging. It is very difficult for the bowlers and they have no way out, unless you have wrist spinners in the side, which is something we have found out. But not every side has that caution," the Indian captain said.
All that however, changes as soon as the Test series commences on August 1. India persisted a horrible series in 2014, going down 1-3 after profitable the second Test at Lord's, with Kohli and the remainder of the workforce surrendering to the swing of James Anderson and Stuart Broad. Facing the similar assault with similar power is probably not a stroll in the park for the Indian. Kohli even though firmly believes that the workforce would have adapted smartly via then given the enjoy of enjoying a good enough selection of T20Is and ODIs.
"The swinging ball has the tendency to trouble the best of batsmen. But then that helps our fast bowlers as well. As a batting unit, it will be a challenge to square off against the swinging ball, but by the time the Test series arrive, we won't feel like we are playing an away series because by then, we would have already played plenty of limited-overs cricket already," Kohli said.
"As a captain of the team, I would like to put in performances myself. I think a lot of people have been thinking about the 2014 tour for too long now. We played the Champions Trophy in England last year, not in Bangladesh. And after what happened during the Tests in South Africa, we are looking to play difficult cricket because that is the only way we can improve."
I'm 100 percent fit and looking forward to the England tour: Kohli
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