Kolhi Fees T20s Good for Improving Death Bowling Ahead of Champions Trophy

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India may have just played their last ODI before the Champions Trophy, which is still five months away, but skipper Virat Kohli is not unduly concerned and said the more T20s the team plays the better it will get at death bowling in the 50-over format.

"It's not such a bad thing. The more T20s we play, we will get better at death bowling in the ODIs. That will be our advantage," Kohli said at the post-match press conference.

He added, "As far as batting is concerned, obviously the one area we look to focus on is to maintain our batting techniques and use T20s and ODIs as an extension of our Test batting. That means not necessarily getting reckless and slog every ball. It is very important to understand how to score in competitive conditions. The focus will be on not wanting to overdo things."

Referring to the conditions in England, he said, "It's very important to understand how to score in those conditions, you need to have solid base and balance at the crease to be able to score runs in competitive conditions.

In a series in which the batsmen made merry, India's openers failed to make any lasting impression, but the captain backed Shikhar Dhawan and Co. "At times, you have to give them chances to return to form. You don't get ready players for international cricket that often. We should back our openers give them confidence.

It's a matter of one or two innings, and you get your flow back in the international cricket."

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