We took it as playing two Twenty20 games: Kohli

Kohli said that his side remained confident of winning the tie in 40 overs and they took it as playing two T20 games.

Hobart: Virat Kohli, who smashed an unbeaten 133 to guide India to a morale-boosting victory over Sri Lanka in a crunch tri-series match on Tuesday, said that his side remained confident of winning the tie in 40 overs and they took it as playing two Twenty20 games.

India needed to overhaul the target of 321 in 40 overs to get a bonus point and stay afloat in the tournament, which they did eventually in 36.4 overs and with seven wickets remaining. "We looked to get one boundary in an over, keep playing an over at a time, and if you need 100 runs from the last 10 overs, it was very gettable. So we took it as two Twenty20 games," said Kohli whose 86-ball knock ensured that India beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets and also earn a bonus point. "Initially, we had the plan to play 10 overs of powerplay. Then the next five we would consolidate and run hard between the wickets and then take the batting powerplay assuming they would take 15-20 overs as bowling powerplay," he told reporters at the post-match press conference. "But that didn`t happen, they didn`t take bowling powerplay. The message came from the dressing room you don`t need to take batting powerplay. Just keep playing and keep wickets in hand," he said. Kohli described his whirlwind knock as the best innings of his international career. "It has to be the best ODI hundred. Not probably the way I batted but given the kind of game we were playing," said Kohli. "I told Gautam I can feel I am pretty set. I am confident and I can go for it. I would keep one end positive so we don`t lose too many wickets. It`s all about communication. One guy needs to keep it solid and the other needs to keep rotating the strike," he said. PTI