Does kohli has it in him..?

He has seen success across all three formats during the last few years which has elevated him to the status of the team's 'Numero Uno' batsman but Virat Kohli feels that there comes a point in someone's career when one doesn't feel an urge "to prove anything to others".

"Initially, you try to prove it to the critics that you're good enough to play at this level. Now I don't feel the need to prove anything to people. It's not that I believe that I have achieved it all but because I've realised that it is not important to prove anything to others. It is important what I think of my performances and what I expect from myself," Kohli told BCCI.TV on Monday.

Kohli then took a dig at the critics who will be scathing in their analysis if a player has one bad series. "Cricket critics in our country are strange. You may have scored runs everywhere but if you don't do that in one country or series, they start doubting if you're good enough. They did that to the seniors as well during the fag end of their careers."


Having been Mahendra Singh Dhoni's deputy, Kohli admits to have picked up subtle nuances about the 'art of captaincy'. "Yes, I try to figure out why he (Dhoni) has done a certain thing. I try to see things from his perspective and understand his reasoning behind a decision. For me standing in the field is not just about waiting for the ball to come to me, field it and throw it back," said Kohli. Asked about his preparations across formats, Kohli replied that a lot of planning goes into Test match batting.