Focussing on mental state, can pick up from where I left: Virat Kohli

India skipper Virat Kohli is in a good frame of mind which gives him confidence of being able to pick up from where he left as and when cricket resumes in post-COVID-19 world. COVID-19 pandemic has shutdown all cricketing activities across globe and Kohli said though he is keeping himself physically fit, his main focus has been working on mental aspect of game.

'Focussing on mental state'

"Well, fortunately, I have all my gym equipment at home, so I am able to train and that's t a problem for me. As far as game goes, luckily, I am someone who has always been very keen on improving my mental state and t really focus on practising long hours in net over a period of time," Kohli said on Star Sport's show Cricket Connected.

"So I kw, once I am in good frame of mind and I am keeping myself positive and happy, just looking forward in life, whenever I return to game, I kw I will be in good position to start again from where we left."

health crisis, which has so far killed nearly 2000 people and infected more than 59,000 in India, had forced government to enforce a national lockdown, which will end on May 17. Kohli admitted it was t easy in initial days. "It was a bit tough initially but you start looking at things from a different point of view as time goes on more and more, because eventually you realise that thing is in your control," Kohli said. "So what you can control to an extent is your own mindset and just looking at things with positive frame of mind and only good thing is that I have been able to train, practice was t such a big problem for me even before, so that is what I am doing, I am training, I am keeping fit."

highly contagious disease also saw indefinite postponement of 13th IPL, which was set to start in March. Kohli said he "absolutely loves" to play in IPL because it is different from or ICC events in terms of camaraderie that cricketers of different nationalities share and connect that players have with ir fans. "You do play all your tournaments, which is one team versus ar, ICC tournaments come every w and n, but even in ICC tournaments, you don't really interact with or team players or you see or teams so often every w and n," Kohli said. "But in IPL, you are just probably meeting ar team every second or third day and that's beauty of IPL, you are playing in a different 'mahol' (atmosphere).

"I absolutely love that tournament and also for camaraderie which you share with so many new players that you play with, so many players that you have kwn for a long time w, t from your own country, those who you don't see often, and re is one reason why everyone loves IPL too, re is a connect, of players and fans and of viewers." Asked about his favourite match apart from 2011 World Cup, Kohli said: "It's a very difficult question because so many matches happen but I think from point of atmosphere and importance of match, quarterfinal match against Australia in 2016 T20 World Cup in Mohali, that was my most favourite match.  "Because that day, we won from a difficult situation and I realized many things about myself."