The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli played an unbeaten knock of 73 to help India to register a series-leveling win over England in the second T20I of the five-match series on Sunday. After the match, Kohli revealed that he had a special chat with his veteran RCB teammate, AB de Villiers, and his suggestion worked wonders for the Indian skipper. Kohli also mentioned that his wife Anushka Sharma and the team management also helped him to stay in the right space when things weren’t falling in place for them.

During the post-match presentation, Virat Kohli said, “I had to shift the focus back to the basics of the game and I always take pride in doing the job for the team. Just kept my eyes on the ball and my wife is here and she keeps telling me a lot of things of what I need to do. We have great management that keeps us in the right space.”

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He further added, “And also I had a special chat with ABD (AB de Villiers) before the start of the game and he just told me to watch the ball. That’s exactly what I did.”

Kohli came in to bat in a tricky situation when KL Rahul was dismissed for a duck after playing a maiden over. The Indian skipper and debutant Ishan Kishan then stitched together a 94-run stand for the second wicket that laid the foundation for the win.

Kishan scored 56 runs off just 32 balls in an innings studded with five boundaries and four maximums. After Kishan fell to Adil Rashid, Kohli kept going and reached his fifty with a straight-six.

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The Indian skipper finished the game with a maximum and in the process became the first cricketer to score 3,000 runs in men’s T20Is.