'Angry celebrations are a thing of a past' - Virat Kohli reflects on his dark phase ahead of the World Cup

Star India batter Virat Kohli will be playing his fourth edition of the ODI World Cup as India look to win their third title on home soil. Kohli will be heading into the tournament as the backbone of India’s batting lineup once again having regained his form after a dry patch of three years. The 34-year-old was also a part of India’s victorious campaign of 2011 on home soil and is the only active player from that batch along with Ravichandran Ashwin.

The Delhi-born cricketer has been in sensational form this year having scored 612 runs from 13 innings at an average of 55.63 and a strike rate of 112.91 with three hundreds and two fifties to his name. Recently, reflecting on his bad phase, the former India captain revealed that he’s learned a lot from that phase and is a changed person after that. 

“The last two and a half years have taught me a lot. Those angry celebrations are a thing of the past. I have had many suggestions, lots of advice has come my way; people were telling me I was doing this wrong, that wrong,” Kohli was quoted as saying by ICC.

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Further speaking ahead, the star batter revealed that his poor form was more due to his mental state rather than any flaw in his technique.

“I picked out all the videos from the best time I had, same initial movement, same approach towards the ball and it was just what was happening inside my head, I wasn't able to explain it to anyone," he added.

Virat Kohli is India's second highest run scorer in ODI World Cup

Notably, Kohli is the second-highest run scorer for India in ODI World Cups having 1030 runs to his name from 26 innings at an average of 46.81 and a strike rate of 86.70 with two hundreds and six fifties to his name. The star batter will be eager to have another great tournament with the bat and help his side end their ICC Trophy drought.