WATCH: Virat Kohli breaks down his thought process behind his match-defining innings in 4th Test with Rahul Dravid

India won the four-match Border-Gavaskar Test series 2-1 against Australia on Monday, March 13 after the fourth Test at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad ended in a draw. Former Indian skipper, Virat Kohli was awarded Player of the Match for his brilliant innings of 186 runs and the spinning duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were awarded Player of the Series for their brilliant performances with the ball throughout the series. Ashwin grabbed 25 wickets, whereas Jadeja snapped 22 wickets.

If we talk about India’s victory over the Kangaroos, this is the fourth consecutive series win for the hosts. On the last four occasions, the series has finished with the same scoreline, 2-1. This series also marks the end of the four-match cycle in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. From next time onwards, either three or five matches will be played in the series, but the number of the matches has not been confirmed yet.

Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli and head coach Rahul Dravid were seen talking after the completion of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Dravid asked the batter about the feeling he had after not being able to score a century in the longest format of the game

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When the team needed me, I stood up: Virat Kohli

“I know you are someone who takes a lot of pride in his performance and has that habit of scoring 100 regularly. I know there was COVID, so, not a lot of Test matches but has it been hard not to have scored a Test hundred (for this long)? I know we get a little obsessed with numbers. I’ve loved seeing some of the other innings. Even the 70 in Cape Town was a really good innings. But has (not scoring a hundred) been at the back of your mind?” Dravid asked Kohli in an interview for BCCI.tv.

“Honestly, I’ve let the complications grow on me a bit because of my shortcomings. The desperation to get to the three-figure mark is something that can grow on you as a batsman. I let that happen to me to a certain extent. But a flip side to it is, I’m not a guy who is happy with 40-45. I take a lot of pride in performing for the team. It’s not like when Virat Kohli should stand out. When I’m batting on 40, I know I can get a 150. That was eating me up a lot. Why am I not able to get that big score for the team? Because I took pride in the fact that when the team needed me, I stood up, scoring in difficult conditions. The fact that I wasn’t able to do that, was bothering me,” said the Bangalore franchise player.