“Good to be out of the pond” - Virat Kohli opens up on his unbeaten 74-run knock in Sydney ODI

Indian talismanic batter Virat Kohli has finally broken the silence after his unbeaten 74-run knock against Australia Down Under in the Sydney ODI, as he and Rohit Sharma propelled India to a consolation win in the third ODI on Saturday, October 25.

Speaking to the broadcasters after the win in the third and final ODI, Kohli said it was good to be out of the pond after scoring two ducks earlier in the series. Notably, Kohli suffered an eight-ball duck and a four-ball duck in the Perth and Adelaide ODIs, respectively. 

"Good to be out of the pond. The game shows you something even at this stage. It's so challenging when things aren't going your way. Situations in the middle get the best out of me,” Kohli told broadcasters after the match. 

Furthermore, he talked about his partnership with Rohit Sharma as they stitched an unbeaten 168-run stand for the second wicket to propel India to a nine-wicket stand. India required only 38.3 overs to chase down the 237-run target.

“Easy to bat with Rohit, glad it was a match-finishing stand. From early on, we understood the game well. That's how you become successful. Even back in the day, we thought we could take games away from the opposition. It all started in 2013 vs Australia, in the ODIs at home. They also know that games are sealed if we bat 20 overs together. We've loved coming to this country, we've played some good cricket, thank you guys for coming in big numbers and supporting us,” he concluded.

Notably, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have stitched a total of 5483 runs as a pair in the 50-over format from 101 innings, emerging as the third-best pair in this particular format.

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