ENG vs IND: On 3rd Test Eve, Kohli Keeps India's 1st Series Win In England Off Limits
Tuesday, August 24, marked the 50th anniversary - golden jubilee - of India winning their first-ever Test series in England. It is also the eve of India's third Test against England, which if they
"As a team, our job as a team is this only and we don't think much before that or after that." Neither did Kohli show concern about India playing at Headingley after a gap of 19 years and the fact that none of the current players are yet to play Test at the venue.
In an age when current Indian cricketers have toured venues in Australia, England, New Zealand, and South Africa multiple times, Headingley remains an aberration.
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"We haven't played Test cricket here. If I am not wrong, I don't quite recollect all the games at venues, but all of us are playing Test cricket for the first time here," said Kohli further.
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"Look, I am not an individual who likes to attach too much importance to things that are on the outside. For us, it is just a Test match to be played against England. Be it any stadium, anywhere in the world, in India, or in England. So we just need to do what we need to do as a team. What's happened here, what hasn't is something that we are not focused on at all. Because all our energy is just focused on what we want to do as a team over the next five days," said the India skipper.