{"id":16737,"date":"2017-05-27T12:46:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T19:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=16737"},"modified":"2017-05-27T12:46:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T19:46:21","slug":"manchester-blast-disturbing-but-champions-trophy-is-paramount-in-our-minds-virat-kohli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/manchester-blast-disturbing-but-champions-trophy-is-paramount-in-our-minds-virat-kohli\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Blast Disturbing but Champions Trophy is Paramount in Our Minds: Virat Kohli"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli during a press conference in Mumbai, May 24. (Shashank Parade\/PTI)<\/em><\/p>\n

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@Siliconeer #Siliconeer #Cricket #ChampionsTrophy #ManchesterBlast @ViratKohli #terrorism #TeamIndia \u2013 Virat Kohli arrived at the United Kingdom heartbroken but the Manchester blast has failed to break his unwavering focus on cricket, as the India captain geared up for a tournament that is of \u201cparamount importance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Defending champions India will begin their campaign in the Champions Trophy with a high-profile match against archrivals Pakistan on June 4 in Birmingham, which is less than 100 miles from the affected city.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirstly, what happened here a few days back was really saddening and very disturbing for everyone who saw it. And especially a place like England, to say the least, has not had many of these incidents happen in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, yeah, I mean, for a few people it can be sort of a nervous time. But I don\u2019t think as a squad you have time to focus on those factors, because eventually you understand that you\u2019re here for a sporting tournament,\u201d Kohli said on arrival.<\/p>\n

He said the players are not nervous despite the heightened security all around and relentless briefings.<\/p>\n

\u201c…And that for us remains paramount in our thought patterns. And I personally don\u2019t feel any nervousness as such.<\/p>\n

I saw life resume pretty normally. And that\u2019s always a healthy sign.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Indian batting mainstay seemed satisfied with the security apparatus in place.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have security briefings throughout the day. We have a lot more information in terms of specifics that we need to keep in mind. I see life resuming very normally. And obviously with the security information coming in as well, it will be very helpful for the players, you know.<\/p>\n

\u201c… What are the areas we can access? What times we can access it? What are the areas we need to avoid? All the sort of things obviously come into play when you have a situation like this which the players need to respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pointing out the significance of the tournament, he said, \u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019s going to be a lot of transparency about the issue, because there\u2019s a lot at stake for everyone here. The cricketers, the ICC, ECB, everyone is worried about everyone\u2019s security. So I\u2019m sure it\u2019s going to be taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Entering the ODI tournament after a long home Test season followed by the IPL, Kohli stressed on the need to be fit physically as well as mentally.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the only challenge I feel is taking care of your body. Mentally, it\u2019s up to individuals to base their game in a way that they can switch pretty quickly, because that is the need of the game in this day and age,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally don\u2019t like to choose formats and give preference to one over the other. I like to be involved in all three equally. Try to contribute as much as I can. And I\u2019m sure all the guys on the team think in that manner as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s just a little mental adjustment. But it\u2019s the physical care of your body that\u2019s paramount, I think, to switch between formats because the body reacts very differently to different formats.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

@Siliconeer #Siliconeer #Cricket #ChampionsTrophy #ManchesterBlast @ViratKohli #terrorism #TeamIndia \u2013 Virat Kohli arrived at the United Kingdom heartbroken but the Manchester blast has failed to break his unwavering focus on cricket, as the India captain geared up for a tournament that is of \u201cparamount importance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[3291,3292,147,3050,2974,2473],"class_list":["post-16737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-cricket-champions-trophy","tag-manchester-blast","tag-siliconeer","tag-team-india","tag-terrorism","tag-virat-kohli"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}