Sources have stated that India be looking to retain the ICC Champions Trophy without losing any matches and the only thing that matters to skipper Virat Kohli is to win matches for India. Kohli said "He would never play for redemption, his only motivation is to keep winning games for his country and doesn't matter the conditions he is playing in, it might be in sub-continent, it might be England, Australia, South Africa, the aim always is to win games and he is willing to do whatever he can to be able to achieve that for the team".
"People might look at it redemption, opportunity or stuff like that but in my head I don't think of those things at all, for me it's a game of cricket played anywhere in the world," the Indian skipper added.
Sources have stated that he believes that the
standard of competition in the Champions Trophy is higher than World Cup.
The Indian captain was answering a question which related to his poor run in
the recently-concluded Indian Premier League (IPL). Kohli had a fairly indifferent
IPL, with 308 runs from the 10 innings he played after recovering from an
injury he picked up during the Australia series.
His display included four half-centuries, which by his standards was a rather poor show, given his standards he had four consecutive centuries in IPL 9 and the Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore ended at the bottom of the table and were dumped out of the tournament at the end of the league stage. They managed to win just three of their 14 league matches, the third win coming in their last match last match, against Delhi Daredevils.
