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Virat Kohli reveals conversation with Kane Williamson on the sidelines of fifth NZ vs IND T20I

Dixit Bhargav
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Virat Kohli reveals conversation with Kane Williamson from the sidelines of fifth NZ vs IND T20I

Virat Kohli reveals conversation with Kane Williamson: The two captains were seen chatting around for a long time during the second innings.

India captain Virat Kohli expressed pride for his team for whitewashing New Zealand 5-0 in New Zealand. In which is also India’s maiden T20I series victory in New Zealand, it coming in such a fashion is no mean task.

Speaking during the post-match presentation ceremony, Kohli laid emphasis on “winning” and credited the younger lot for standing tall on their potential in pressure situations.

“All of us are really proud of the way we’ve played this series. I think the conversation we had was to always look to find ways to win. You don’t want to see what happened to Rohit [Sharma], but there were all these young guys playing well and handling the pressure.

“The guys are taking notice of it and they realize that the team needs 120% from them every time. Because only then you will find ways to win. That has been a massive change for us in the last two-three years. We have seen the results; we obviously won’t win everything and these victories give a lot more pleasure than the one-sided victories,” Kohli was quoted as saying during the presentation ceremony.

Virat Kohli reveals conversation with Kane Williamson

Today’s match in particular will also be remembered for both the regular captains in Kohli and Kane Williamson witnessed chatting for a long time on the sideline of the boundary. With both the players not taking part in this match, they seemed to have utilized their time in a profound discussion.

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The image of them sitting together with India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant is already doing the rounds across social media platforms. Being asked about the same, Kohli opened up on what the duo talked about and ended up wishing luck for their upcoming matches.

“Kane [Williamson] and me have similar mindsets, similar philosophies. It is amazing that despite being from different parts of the world, we have similar thinking and we speak the same language. Despite what the scoreline suggests, I feel that New Zealand cricket is in the best hands and he is the right guy to lead this team.

“He is the perfect, perfect man to lead them. I wish him the best of luck and power to lead this side in the future. They are a side everyone loves to watch and play against,” Kohli added.

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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