We have a strong side, quite confident heading into T20 World Cup, says Virat Kohli

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A day before the T20 World Cup’s qualification stage begins, India captain Virat Kohli on Saturday shared his thoughts going into what would be his last assignment as India’s T20I captain.

It was quite frustrating to go out in the way that we did, but to a deserving side I thought. West Indies was the best team in the tournament by far, playing the best cricket as a team, I felt and they thoroughly deserved to win. We had a heartbreak in Sri Lanka in 2014 as well where we lost in the finals. And we lost in the semfinals in 2016. That tells us that as far as our T20 cricket is concerned, we have always had a strong side. And now more so than ever because a lot of players from the IPL who have got experience have now come into their roles wonderfully well and are players who can change the game at any stage. We have beaten prominent teams in T20 series in the recent past in very close contests, so we are quite confident heading into the World Cup knowing that we have a strong side. Potentially we could go deep in the tournament and if we end up being in the knockout stage, maybe go one step further this time.