I don't have a remote to score runs in every match: Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli

Lashing out at his critics for doubting his technique, Indian batsman Virat Kohli has said that all he needed was to get his confidence back, which he has done following the disappointing series against England earlier this year.

Kohli, speaking ahead of the first One Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka at Cuttack starting this Sunday, said: “Talks are for people to discuss. I mean there has to be something for people to talk about... I'm not really bothered.

"I don't know how I got 25 hundreds with the same technique -- you can start a debate on that as well."

He added: "Yes there're some things that I felt personally to work on. It's just been a process to get my confidence back. It's much about mentally and not much about technique as otherwise you start spoiling your game."

The 25-year-old, captaining India in the first 3 ODIs of the 5-match series in the absence of MS Dhoni – who has been rested, wasn’t too happy about how the media and cricketing world has been hyping up his poor performances, of late. He said: "I don't know why there's been so much of hype about my bad phase. Either they think I don't deserve to be in the bad phase or they think I have a remote to score runs in every match. I know what all I've learnt from that phase.

I take everything normally -- good or bad performance. It's just a day in life."