OMG! Virat Kohli has been suffering from an injury?

Winning a series in Australia is always a challenge

XtraTime Web Desk: India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday has made it clear that all players get ‘niggles’ several times in their career and they were “nothing new”.

Kohli took a treatment from the team’s physio during day 2 of the third Test against Australia last week. He was seen in very much pain before before getting out on 82 runs in the first innings.

He has a recent history of back problems and was forced off the field during the second Test in England earlier this year.

But the 30-year-old, widely considered the best batsmen across all three formats of the game and crucial to India’s success, said it wasn’t a major concern.

“I’ve had this issue since 2011, it’s nothing new,” he said in Sydney ahead of the fourth and final Test against Australia.

“I’ve been able to manage it because of the physical effort I’ve put in over the past few years. And when you have a back that has these issues you can only maintain it that way.”

The passionate Kohli, who admits he is obsessed with winning cricket matches, added that he was “not too bothered” about the issue.

“If the workload gets high it can get into a spasm, I mean you don’t necessarily get serious issues, you get fine in two or three days,” he said.

“I’m not too concerned with it, you just have to manage it physically and stay ahead of the injury and I have been able to do it for now.”

“I’m sure I’ll find other ways and more options to keep countering that.

“I mean, it’s impossible to keep going without niggles and I think it’s fine to have a few niggles here and there. You just need to be able to manage it.”

Virat Kohli & co. is in front of making history because if the team wins here they will become the first Indian side to win a Test series in Australia. Though Kohli has a different reason about winning the series here.” The reason why we want to win this Test is we understand as cricketers how difficult it is to come here and play. As I said at the high tea yesterday, it’s not only the team you are playing against, it’s the whole nation because they get behind the team so well. When you walk in to bat, you feel there are 40,000 people who want your wicket, not just the 11 guys on the field. So we understand as cricketers how difficult it is and purely just to take that challenge on, we want to win here,” added Kohli.