Before the first test, team India’s skipper Virat Kohli dismissed the Indo-South Africa series to be billed as a battle between him and AB de Villiers.
“It’s not like only two guys are playing in this series. AB is a great friend of mine. I respect the way he plays the game and I have always respected him as a person as well. But, when we are playing against each other – it’s not that we cross the line with each other, we are just not like that,” Kohli said when asked about his duel with the premier Proteas batsman.
“It’s just that we want to get AB out and the opposition will want to get me out or Pujara or Rahane. The mindset I don’t think there is any different in terms of the mindset in any of the batsmen in the side.
“Every player wants to be the stand out batsman and make contributions towards the team winning. Unless you have that as a group, you don’t have too many chances of winning a series. Some people may have brilliant individual performances and then you will be fine with one or two people doing well,” Kohli said.
