Virat Kohli says he doesn’t need either approval or assurance from anyone on his capability as he responded to the criticism over his strike-rate in T20 cricket.

“(I) don’t need to react. I know what I can do on ground. I don’t need to tell anyone what kind of player I am or what my ability is,” Kohli said in a recent video released by RCB when asked how he deals with external noise.

“I’ve never asked anyone how to win a match. I’ve learnt this by figuring it out myself in the middle of the ground by failing from experience.

“It’s not a by-chance thing when you are repeatedly winning matches for the team. For someone to see and analyse a moment and for another player to experience that moment in the middle are two completely different things.”

‘Disrupting balance’

Echoing Rohit Sharma’s sentiments, Kohli has criticised the Impact Player rule and said it is “disrupting the balance” of the game.

“I agree with Rohit. Entertainment is one aspect of the game but there is no balance,” Kohli said on JioCinema. “It has disrupted the balance.”