Virat Kohli is too good a player and we don’t have any plans against him, admits Zimbabwe captain Ervine

Zimbabwe
captain
Craig
Ervine
acknowledged
the
toughness
of
stopping
someone
like
Kohli
and
said
pre-conceived
plans
may
not
work
against
him.

Excerpts:

Q.
Virat
Kohli
is
in
tremendous
form;
have
you
any
special
plans
to
stop
him?

Craig
Ervine:
“I
don’t
think
we
have
any
plans
against
Virat.
I
think
he’s
just
too
good
a
player.
But
look,
I
think
a
lot
of
the
guys
you
can
dissect
so
many
different
theories,
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
if
you
come
out
and
hit
a
good
area,
use
your
change-ups,
all
those
sort
of
things,
I
don’t
think
that
special
plans
really
work
for
these
guys
because
they’re
so
good
at
adapting
to
different
conditions
and
different
situations.”

Q.
Your
bowlers
are
ready
to
bowl
against
the
likes
of
Virat
Kohli,
who’s
in
great
form,
Suryakumar
Yadav,
Rohit
Sharma;
the
entire
batting
line-up
is
full
of
batting
superstars.
Your
bowling
will
be
up
against
a
tough
batting
side.
Are
you
ready
for
it?

Craig
Ervine:
“Yeah,
definitely.
This
is
a
great
opportunity
to
bowl
against
some
of
the
best
guys
in
the
world,
so
there’s
no
reason
why
guys
would
not
want
to
actually
get
out
there
and
produce
the
goods.

“How
often
do
you
get
the
opportunity
to
put
Virat
Kohli
in
your
pocket?
I’m
pretty
sure
that
our
fast
bowlers
will
be
raring
to
go
come
tomorrow.”

Q.
You
created
an
upset
against
Pakistan;
do
you
still
believe
you
can
create
an
upset
against
India
and
spoil
India’s
party
for
going
to
the
semifinal?

Craig
Ervine:
“I
think
obviously
with
the
win
against
Pakistan,
it’s
given
us
a
huge
amount
of
belief
that
we
can
beat
any
side
in
the
tournament.
I
don’t
think
that
will
change
going
into
tomorrow’s
game.”

Q.
You
must
have
seen
the
India-Bangladesh
game.
Recently
Zimbabwe
beat
Bangladesh
in
an
ODI
series.
What
were
the
lessons
you
learned
from
that
game
versus
Bangladesh
where
they
almost
pulled
off
a
win
versus
India?

Craig
Ervine:
“I
think
the
World
Cup
has
been
really
exciting
because
there’s
been
a
lot
of
close
games.
I
think
one
thing
that
we’ve
learnt
is
you’re
never
out
of
it.
If
you
can
try
and
stay
in
the
game
and
try
and
take
it
as
deep
as
possible,
you
never
know
where
it
might
take
you.

There’s
obviously
a
lot
of
different
pressures
that
are
at
play
in
various
games,
so
especially
just
trying
to
take
the
game
as
deep
as
possible
and
letting
the
other
side
panic
before
you
do.

Q.
Apart
from
Sydney
and
Adelaide,
the
remaining
grounds
that
we’ve
seen
in
the
World
Cup
so
far,
especially
Perth
and
Melbourne,
have
assisted
some
type
of
fast
bowling.
Do
you
think
you’d
be
happier
playing
India
in
a
venue
like
Melbourne
where
it’s
assisting
fast
bowlers
because
that
gives
you
a
better
chance
to
beat
them
rather
than
a
flat
batting
track
like
Sydney
or
Adelaide?

Craig
Ervine:
“I
don’t
think
we’re
worrying
too
much
about
conditions.
Obviously,
we
know
here
the
grounds
are
pretty
big.
We
also
played
a
warmup
game
here
against
Sri
Lanka
I
think
before
the
tournament
actually
started,
but
I’m
sure
the
wicket
will
be
slightly
different
to
what
that
was
because
we’re
obviously
playing
I
think
in
the
evening
tomorrow.

“I
think
we’re
just
looking
at
what
we
do
really
well
and
concentrating
on
our
strengths
and
not
looking
too
much
at
the
opposition.”