{"id":26376,"date":"2016-03-21T05:36:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T05:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26376"},"modified":"2016-03-21T05:36:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T05:36:57","slug":"it-was-a-challenging-wicket-but-i-love-challenges-virat-kohli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26376","title":{"rendered":"It was a challenging wicket but I love challenges: Virat Kohli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-3468\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/virat.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" alt=\"virat\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/virat.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/virat-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Kolkata:<\/strong> Virat Kohli scored a half century (55 off 37 balls) to steer India to yet another win against Pakistan in the World Cup as the men-in-Blue beat their arch rivals by six wickets and 13 balls remaining in a crucial ICC World Cup T20 encounter at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Kohli, who was Man-of-the -Match said that it was a challenging wicket but he loved challenges. &ldquo;It was a challenging wicket, that&#8217;s what you want as a cricketer, new challenges to play. In the last game I was very disappointed to have got out, that really hurt. Even the 49 against Pakistan in Dhaka was really satisfying, that&#8217;s what you need, a tough pitch a good bowling attack and you pulling your team out of trouble. Yuvraj weathered the storm and then smacked a few. I think these performances are good for him as well, he&#8217;s in good nick,&rdquo; said Kohli<\/p>\n<p>Indian skipper MS Dhoni said that he did not expect the wicket to turn so much. &ldquo;Not like this (expect to turn) &#8230; in the second half it got slightly better, and they had only one spinner. Initially when we saw the pitch we did not think it would turn so much. I think we can do better. There are areas we can improve. Once we get into the knockouts we won&#8217;t get a second chance. If I knew from the start if it would turn so much I have no problems playing another spinner.&rdquo; <br \/>Dhoni said he wanted a third seamer in Pandya, because of the dew and because he had a lot of back up spin options.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said, &ldquo;I want to congratulate Dhoni and his team. I was not expecting a pitch like this. I think we were a bit short with runs &#8211; 30 runs short. We didn&#8217;t bowl in the right areas, I did not bowl well. Virat Kohli batted really well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-3468\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/virat.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" alt=\"virat\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/virat.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/virat-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Kolkata:<\/strong> Virat Kohli scored a half century (55 off 37 balls) to steer India to yet another win against Pakistan in the World Cup as the men-in-Blue beat their arch rivals by six wickets and 13 balls remaining in a crucial ICC World Cup T20 encounter at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[4744,1215,15405,466,542,694],"class_list":["post-26376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-cricket-news","tag-eden-gardens","tag-icc-world-cup-t20","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-virat-kohli","tag-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It was a challenging wicket but I love challenges: Virat Kohli - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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