Watch: "No idea how that happened" — Virat Kohli on his most adrenaline-charged IND vs PAK moment
The former Indian captain, Virat Kohli, has reflected on his most adrenaline-charged moment from the India-Pakistan clash along with the most bittersweet moment of his career.
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The veteran Indian star batter, Virat Kohli, has opened up about the bittersweet and the most adrenaline-charged India vs Pakistan moment in his career, as he reflected on the T20 World Cup 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), where the star player showed his incredible ability to handle pressure.
During the recent podcast on ‘One8’, Kohli looked back at the sweet memory with former head coach, Ravi Shastri. In a segment, he had to pick up a ball and spoke about the word written on it. In that process, the former captain addressed the ‘bittersweet’ and ‘adrenaline-charged’ moments.
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For adrenaline, Kohli picked the T20 WC 2022 clash against the arch-rivals, Pakistan, where the blue brigade chased down the target despite needing 28 runs off eight balls at one stage, noting that he never experienced such adrenaline in his career before that.
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“I'd say where I went into ultra instinct mode was the T20 against Pakistan in Melbourne. I had never experienced adrenaline like that in my career, since or before. I've had many games where, you know, we won matches from situations where even Mohali against Australia was tough.” The veteran Indian batter expressed in the interaction.
“This was, like, elevated me to a place where I had never experienced something like that. And that's the only time I felt the emotions, the feelings of everyone in the stadium were at the same level.” He added.
Kohli remained unbeaten on 82 runs off 53 balls at a strike rate of 154.72 in the 160-run chase during the T20 World Cup 2022, thanks to six boundaries and four over boundaries.
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Kohli noted that while he was struggling in 2022 and took a break for about a month and a half, he tried to push harder. But once he returned feeling relaxed, the right-handed batter celebrated a century against Afghanistan, ending a 1019-day wait for the hundred.
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“In 2022, before, in that Asia Cup, is the time I got my 100 after two years. I had taken a month and a half off. It's not a good feeling. You're not playing well, and you decide to because your mind is telling you, ‘Do more, try more,’ and then it makes you feel bad immediately.” Kohli shared in the podcast.
But then you come back and start playing freely, and you're feeling all relaxed in your body. So, you can go back to that moment where you decided to step away, but then the accumulation of what it means, how you refocus, and you're playing the way you want to.” He concluded.
He also mentioned the Lord’s Test match against England in 2021, where the team came together and secured a 151-run win on the final day of the encounter.
Kohli, over the years, has shown his superb ability to handle pressure against the arch-rivals. In ODIs, the Delhi-born has smashed 778 runs in 17 innings against Pakistan at an average of around 60 and a strike rate of 98.85 with four centuries and two fifties at the best score of 183 runs.
In the shortest format, Kohli has clubbed 492 runs in 11 innings of the T20Is at an average of 70.28 and a strike rate of 123.92, with five fifties at the best score of 82* which came in MCG.
India vs Pakistan games always hit differently due to the craze of the game between the two sides’ history. And that brings the best of the players from both the camps.
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