During a tumultuous tour of England and Australia in 2014, India captain Virat Kohli sought the help of legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. After this, he was completely emboldened to face bowlers like Mitchell Johnson. Kohli is currently leading India in the five-match Test series against England starting on Wednesday. In an interview with Sony Six, Kohli told Sky Sports: “Playing at this level for a long time makes you a little bit insecure and scared. You want to prove to people how well you play in different situations.”

Kohli had a disappointing tour of England in 2014, averaging 13.50 in 10 innings. But after that he returned to Australia and added 692 in the Test series. He said, ‘To be honest, before the tour of Australia, I was taking every foreign tour as an engineering test, I had to pass somehow and show people that I could play at this level. During that hiatus, he does not know who his well-wishers are and who is not.

No one will help you when you have a bad phase, ”he said. So he had only one choice, work hard. So I went home, I was a little disappointed, but then a good thing happened, I realized who was with me and who wasn’t. He said he was practicing how to deal with former Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson, who was on his best form at the time.

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Kohli said, “I too went to Mumbai. I called Sachin Tendulkar and asked for his advice. I said I want to increase my game, I want to know how to run at this level. “You can’t play test cricket to show people,” he said. You play this game to win your team. So I was on my mind about how to go to Australia and run against these players. Until the trip to Australia, I kept thinking about it every day until I was at home. Even when I was in the gym, I was hitting Johnson and sending these bowlers across the park. When I got on tour, I was totally brave and everything went well.