Two greats of the current generation when it comes to cricket - Virat Kohli and Steve Smith - will be locking horns yet again when they face each other in the Pink Ball Test in Adelaide.
Ahead of the big game, Kohli and Smith sat down and had a chat recalling the various incidents between the two sides which was uploaded by the official Twitter handle of the BCCI.
During the interaction, Kohli was asked by Smith about what it's like being in the 'zone'. Kohli, referring to the 2016 T20 World Cup quarter-final against Australia where he smashed 82 to take India to the semis said that everything was different.
"I went into a trance mode," Kohli said.
"You feel like things are looking difficult and you just think about committing to what the team needs.
"I still don't know how it happened, it was like everything I was hitting was going into gaps. I went into a zone that not even I could break down after.
"I felt that was so special because it's getting into that space while you're batting where you're under pressure and everything is coming off."
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Kohli even revealed the reason why he had stopped the crowd from booing at Steve Smith. "To me, there was an incident that happened, You guys had realised what had happened. You came back for a long time. Having gone through everything that you had gone through. I feel that nothing in life can be that permanent. I felt it was not fair to target an individual personally.
"As much as you play against each other, there is a human side to it. We are chatting now. We did have a chat a few times in the IPL. There will be instances where you will keep meeting individuals. You are competitive on the field. You don’t want to go nasty as well. That is one of the things I realised, a long term like you do realise the importance of things at a larger perspective and I felt that was not right to do at that point in time."