“If you ask me for the intensity of the disappointment I have been, the last Australian tour would be the freshest one. It could therefore seem to me the most intense,” Kohli told an event hosted by Isa Guha at the RCB Innovation Lab Indian Sports Sports in Bengaluru.
“For a long time, the tour of England in 2014 disturbed me the most. But I cannot watch it in this way. I may not have a tour in Australia in four years. I don’t know. You have to make peace with everything that happened in your life.
“So there are no such guarantees in life. I think that when you are at a stage for a long time, when you play, people get used to your performance. They start to feel for you more than you think sometimes. It must be corrected.”
Kohli revealed that he had moments in Australia where the lack of scores made him too acute to correct things at each TIC round. However, he understood the importance of soaking in disappointment, before making a hasty decision.
“Once you start to take the energy and disappointment from the outside, you are starting to bury yourself much more,” said Kohli. “And then you start to think of things, like” I have two or three days left on this tour, I must have an impact now. “And you are starting to become more desperate.
“Because I got a good score in the first test. I thought,” let’s go. “There will be another big series for me.
“I am not sitting here in 48 hours or 72 hours to make a decision like” Let me leave “. Spend time with the family.
“It comes down to joy and pure pleasure and love for the game. And as long as this love is intact, I will continue to play the game.”
Virat Kohli
“I play the game is not for success,” he said. “It comes down roughly to pure joy, pleasure and love for the game. And as long as this love is intact, I will continue to play the game. I must be honest on this subject with myself. Because the competition sequence does not allow you to find the answer.
“Recently, I had a very interesting conversation with Rahul Dravid when he was our coach. He said that you should always stay in touch with yourself. Discover where you are placed in your life. And the answer is not so simple, because you could go through a lean phase and you feel” that’s it. “But it may not be.
“But when it was time, he said that my competition sequence would not allow me to accept it. Perhaps one more. Perhaps six more months, no matter. So, I think it’s a good balance. And you just have to pray and hope that you get clarity when it happens. At this stage of my life, I feel very happy. I always have a good game.
Shashank Kishore is main correspondent in Espncricinfo
