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'We can win against any opposition at any place in the world'

December 09, 2015 18:38 IST

 Virat Kohli and his team-mates during training

IMAGE: Indian Test captain Virat Kohli and his team-mates during training. Photograph: PTI

India's Test captain Virat Kohli has explained that what is being written is not in his hands but terming victories on basis of pitches prepared was something that he found unfair.

"The articles that are being written and what people read is also a sort of reaction. You watch something and you write an article. So when you ask a question on a specific issue, you will get a specific answer (from me).

"It's not that you will ask a question and I will say 'Next question'. Obviously I will answer that but I have a way of explaining while giving an answer," the skipper said.

Skipper Virat Kohli during a practice session

IMAGE: India skipper Virat Kohli during a practice session ahead of the fourth Test against South Africa in New Delhi. Photograph: PTI

Kohli has had to answer the maximum questions on spin-friendly tracks provided at Mohali and Nagpur where the Test matches ended inside three days.

"We believe we can win against any opposition at any place in the world. Now how that will be presented (by you) is not in our control. We can only control our performance with the bat and the ball. We can't control what people hear and read. 

"Now, I can't sit and vouch about how good a team we are. You are free to write whatever you want. All we can do is to perform. If we do well, you will write good things, if we falter, our weaknesses will be pointed out which is fair.

"But if it's written that pitch is a factor in victory, then it's unfair," Kohli in a polite yet firm manner put across his point on the entire debate about the tracks. 

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