{"id":224200,"date":"2025-06-29T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/224200\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:32:09","slug":"managing-his-thoughts-even-virat-kohli-was-thinking-rohit-sharma-on-kohlis-mental-strength-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/224200\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing his thoughts! ‘Even Virat Kohli was thinking … ‘: Rohit Sharma on Kohli\u2019s mental strength | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ManagingRohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (ICC Photo) NEW DELHI: A year after lifting the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup trophy in Barbados, Rohit Sharma<\/a> walked down memory lane, reliving one of the most defining moments of India\u2019s historic win over South Africa \u2014 Virat Kohli<\/a>\u2019s gritty half-century and his game-changing partnership with Axar Patel.\u201cIf you hit three boundaries in the first over, then obviously, you\u2019ve started off well,\u201d Rohit said, reflecting on the high-pressure start to the final. \u201cAnd that\u2019s exactly what every cricketer wants\u2014it helps settle the nerves.\u201dFor Rohit, Kohli\u2019s poise under pressure wasn\u2019t just about his shot-making, but a reflection of his years of experience playing for India.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe experience of playing for India over so many years also helps in those moments. You learn to control your emotions, manage your thoughts, and stay in the present. I\u2019m sure even he (Virat) was thinking, \u2018Today is the day\u2014I need to stay focused and not worry about what happened in the past.\u2019\u201dKohli rose to the occasion when it mattered most\u2014anchoring India\u2019s innings with a match-defining 76 and putting together a crucial partnership with Axar Patel after India lost three quick wickets.\u201cWhen we lost those three wickets up front, there were definitely nerves inside the dressing room. I was panicking\u2014I wasn’t comfortable,\u201d Rohit admitted. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI remember thinking, \u2018We\u2019ve let them into the game.\u2019 But in the back of my mind, I always had belief in our lower middle order\u2014positions 5, 6, 7, and 8. They hadn\u2019t batted much in the tournament, but whenever they got the opportunity, they made it count.\u201dRohit reserved special praise for Axar Patel, whose 47 off 31 balls was instrumental in tilting the momentum. \u201cNot many people are talking about Axar\u2019s knock, but that innings was a real game-changer,\u201d he said. \u201cTo score 47 off 31 balls at that stage was incredibly crucial.\u201dThe Indian captain lauded Kohli for playing the anchor role to perfection, allowing the rest of the batting lineup to play freely. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe needed someone to bat through the innings, and Virat did that job perfectly. It was really important for someone to anchor the innings, and he did it brilliantly. That allowed Shivam, Axar, and Hardik to come in and play their roles with freedom\u2014and that\u2019s exactly what they did.\u201dIn what was a perfect farewell from T20 internationals for both Rohit and Kohli, the final at Kensington Oval became a lasting memory of composure, experience, and team effort\u2014and at the heart of it stood Virat Kohli, delivering when India needed him most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (ICC Photo) NEW DELHI: A year after lifting the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,88479,88480,16384,79,7379,16,15,4221,88482,88481],"class_list":{"0":"post-224200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-icc-mens-t20-world-cup","10":"tag-india-vs-south-africa","11":"tag-rohit-sharma","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-t20-world-cup","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-virat-kohli","17":"tag-virat-kohli-t20-world-cup","18":"tag-virat-kohli-world-cup"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114767144273725161","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}