BIRMINGHAM: Indian captain Virat Kohli disregarded communicate of having to turn out his batting talent on English soil ahead of the five-match Test sequence against the hosts beginning at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
Kohli struggled to make an have an effect on when India final toured England in 2014, scoring 134 runs in 10 innings, but has since emerged as some of the dependable batsmen in the world throughout all three codecs of the sport.
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"I'm not in a frame of mind to prove myself in any country, I just want to perform for the team," the 29-year-old advised a news convention on Tuesday, ahead of what will be England's 1000th five-day match.
"Obviously I want to score runs for the team and I want to take Indian cricket forward, and that's my only motive."
Kohli said he has matured as a person and was once now not suffering from complaint of his performance in the 4 years since India's 3-1 sequence defeat by means of England.
"Back in the day when I did not know better, these things used to bother me because I used to read a lot. But I don't read anything (anymore)," he said.
"If I waste my energy on these things, I am compromising on my mindset... I need to be in the most clear mental space and that happens when I am focused on what I have to do."
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England gained the one-day international sequence between the groups 2-1 and lost the Twenty20 festival by means of the same margin this month. Kohli refused to say whether his crew had been the underdogs or the favourites.
India final gained a Test sequence in England in 2007.
"If you're an underdog, it's not a given that the pressure will only be on the opposition," Kohli added. "If you're the favourites, it's not sure that the underdogs will simply pop out and be fearless the whole time.
"I think it's a stability that is required and we now have performed enough cricket at this stage to understand that."
England captain Joe Root said his crew was once ready to upward thrust to the problem of taking over India.
"That is the place we are at, 5 video games against the arena primary (Test) aspect the place we will make a commentary if we play well and win," Root said.
"You can see that starvation in the dressing room. It feels like we are in a excellent place. Now it's with regards to turning in."
Kohli struggled to make an have an effect on when India final toured England in 2014, scoring 134 runs in 10 innings, but has since emerged as some of the dependable batsmen in the world throughout all three codecs of the sport.
ALSO READ: Why Kohli needs to silence his critics
"I'm not in a frame of mind to prove myself in any country, I just want to perform for the team," the 29-year-old advised a news convention on Tuesday, ahead of what will be England's 1000th five-day match.
"Obviously I want to score runs for the team and I want to take Indian cricket forward, and that's my only motive."
Kohli said he has matured as a person and was once now not suffering from complaint of his performance in the 4 years since India's 3-1 sequence defeat by means of England.
"Back in the day when I did not know better, these things used to bother me because I used to read a lot. But I don't read anything (anymore)," he said.
"If I waste my energy on these things, I am compromising on my mindset... I need to be in the most clear mental space and that happens when I am focused on what I have to do."
ALSO READ: Tendulkar praises Kohli's talent to beef up
England gained the one-day international sequence between the groups 2-1 and lost the Twenty20 festival by means of the same margin this month. Kohli refused to say whether his crew had been the underdogs or the favourites.
India final gained a Test sequence in England in 2007.
"If you're an underdog, it's not a given that the pressure will only be on the opposition," Kohli added. "If you're the favourites, it's not sure that the underdogs will simply pop out and be fearless the whole time.
"I think it's a stability that is required and we now have performed enough cricket at this stage to understand that."
England captain Joe Root said his crew was once ready to upward thrust to the problem of taking over India.
"That is the place we are at, 5 video games against the arena primary (Test) aspect the place we will make a commentary if we play well and win," Root said.
"You can see that starvation in the dressing room. It feels like we are in a excellent place. Now it's with regards to turning in."
Nothing to prove ahead of England Tests, says Kohli
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