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If you judge yourselves on numbers, you’ll never be happy: Virat Kohli

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Indian Test captain Virat Kohli has once again come out and defended batting amidst questions about his form ahead of India’s Test match against South Africa.

Kohli, who has not scored a Test century since 2019 has faced similar line of questioning repeatedly and the captain this time has argued that form and the yardstick of the judgement of that form depends upon perspective.


The Indian captain, who averages 26 since his last century, has argued that he has been a part of critical partnerships for the team and for him that matters more at this stage of his career.

"You have to understand, in sport sometimes, things do not go the way you want them to go, but at the end of the day I realise, as a player, as a batsman, that I've been involved in very important moments for the team over the last calendar year or so, and for me that is a matter of a lot of pride, that I have been part of very important partnerships when the team needed me, and eventually those moments have been crucial for us in many Test matches.”

The prolific right hander, who is looking for his first series win in the African soil further argued that he is being judged by the standards that he has set for himself and he takes a lot of pride in following what he thinks is the right process.

“I don't look at myself from the lens that the outside world looks at me with, and eventually the standards that we're talking about today, that I'm being compared with, have been set by myself, and more than anyone else.”

“I take a lot of pride and happiness in the process that I'm following, and I'm at peace with how I'm playing and what I'm being able to do for the team when there is a tricky scenario, and as long as I'm doing that, and taking a lot of pride and motivation to be in those moments, I have nothing else to worry about, because the reality of the situation is that you eventually want to make impact performances for the team, and my best effort is always to do that, and I truly believe that I don't need to prove anything to anyone.” Kohli concluded.

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