India captain Virat Kohli began his pre-match press conference ahead of the team’s first game of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 with a smile. Then, Kohli got back to seriousness as he assessed India’s opponents for game eight of the World Cup, South Africa. “It’s a totally different ball game altogether what the conditions are at 10.30 in the morning compared to afternoon. In regards to Kuldeep, Kohli emphatically stated that what happened in the IPL has no bearing on the World Cup. Kuldeep took 3/22 in the warm-up win over Bangladesh and Kohli backed the wristspinner to deceive batsmen in the World Cup.

Source: dna June 04, 2019 17:59 UTC