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Virat Kohli is known for speaking his heart out.
On the eve of team's departure to Sri Lanka, he made it a point to clarify his statement about the team's poor performance after the ODI series loss to Bangladesh was taken out of context.
Kohli had told the official broadcasters on the eve of the third ODI that he was "not happy with the approach of the team", which his detractors claimed to be a veiled attack on limited-overs' captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy.
Asked about friction in the team and his opinion about the team's approach, Kohli replied, "I do not agree on that. I was not saying that I was not happy with that approach. I was saying that I am not happy with the way we have executed plans because we have not been able to do what we wanted to do. When I said 'we", it includes me also.
"I think there is a massive difference. Cutting clips and copying and pasting done. Really, it is not something I understand. I just mentioned it is something that any player playing in the team would feel that we have not been able to execute what we wanted to. So the whole idea is that as a cricketer I am very passionate about winning.
"I am very passionate about playing well for the country. Helping the team win and watching the guys playing in a particular way was the whole idea behind what I had said. I strongly believe that if you have plans you must go and try to execute and if they do not work then you can say that you could not achieve that. That is the whole idea behind what I have said," making it clear that he did not like the manner in which his statement was used out of context.