Indian batsman Virat Kohli on February 21st said that after experimenting with his batting position in the Carlton Mid-ODI Tri-Series, the team management decided that number three is the best position for him in the World Cup.
Kohli said:
“I’ve played enough number of games to try and experiment batting position for the team to be in the best combination possible, but we figured out that it’s best for me to bat at number three which I’ve done over the last few years, and we have got success because me or one of the top three batsmen has been able to bat through.”
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When asked whether it was a failed experiment, Kohli said that the team always does a few experiments to get the right combination but its okay that not all of them pay off. He also said that this also didn’t affect his batting at all.
“Unless you try, you would never know if you’re right or wrong. You make mistakes and you have to learn from them, and that was one situation where we wanted to try things out, and we could not have done it at any time apart from the tri-Series, and yeah, that was the main plan behind it.
“It also did not affect my batting at all. If you do well regularly, people want you to play well in every game. I can’t virtually score a century in every game that I play. As long as I know what I’m doing with my batting and the kind of mindset I’m in, I’m not really worried about anything else,” Kohli added.