History doesn’t matter to him, asserts India skipper Virat Kohli but says winning a maiden Test series in Australia at the SCG would “definitely be big” because that’s where the transition started for the team under his captaincy.<\/p>\n
Ranked 7th at that point, India are now world No.1 in the format and have retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after taking an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-Test series.<\/p>\n
“You might have your name up on the honours board but if your team doesn’t win, it doesn’t really matter. Till now it would definitely be a big, big series’ win, not just for me, but also for the whole team purely because of the fact that this is place where we started our transition to be honest,” he explained.<\/p>\n
” At this particular venue when MS Dhoni gave up captaincy and we had a totally young side starting at six or seven in the world. We have come back here as the number one side in the world, and we want to take that legacy forward.”<\/p>\n
“Our year ended very well and we will try to make sure that we start this year well too. We are taking this as a standalone Test, which we must play with full intensity and effort,” Kohli said.<\/p>\n
“We have seen in the past that the SCG wicket is good for batting for the first 2-3 days and after that reverse-swing and spin come into play. I think given the heat, the wicket will play to its true nature from day three onwards.”<\/p>\n
“If you see after the last wicket fell in the last game everyone’s emotions came out, even the quietest guys. Because we understand that as a team when you push in one direction, things go well. And it has to be an obsession,” he said.<\/p>\n
“If it is an obsession it won’t stop at 1-2 games. If it’s something that was a goal, then it stops at one or two games.”<\/p>\n
But Kohli said history doesn’t matter and everyone in the team is just simply focused on the job at hand.<\/p>\n
“If you ask me very honestly, no . We need to stay in the present and focus on the things we can do,” he said. Kohli will become the most successful India captain away from home if his team can seal the series 3-1 but he said there is nothing to prove to anyone.<\/p>\n
“It’s got nothing to do with proving that we want to do something that has never been done in the past. Every team that comes here wants to win, obviously. I am sure that they would have had the same intention but the motivation has never been to change history,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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