Nagpur: Virat Kohli after scoring a brilliant hundred in the first innings said, “I was waiting for this one long innings. I was working hard for the last one month. You can't keep performing every innings and there will be ups and downs. But you need to stay positive whether you do well or not. That's what I did.

Kohli who struggled in the previous three matches said that he was backing himself to do well despite the failures. "Mentally I was feeling really good. I got into the 20s three times, probably got a good ball in Ahmedabad. I made a few mistakes, after that I was waiting for this one innings. I was not doubting myself at all. Not thinking about what people were saying about me." 

"It was a very important innings. This is the one format I want to do very well. Against New Zealand, I was in a good mindset and could get good scores straightaway. Personally I was eager to do well in this series. Probably I got a bit too desperate to do well," he added.

Kohli said that the cracks on the wicket are opening up now, “We aimed to play it over by over and stretch the game as much as possible and not thinking about how many runs to score in every session or at the end of the day. Goal was to concentrate throughout."

By Indian Sports News Network