Auckland: The five-match T20 series between India and New Zealand starts on 24 January. Its first match will be played in Auckland. A day before this match, Team India captain Virat Kohli discussed the defeat in the World Cup against New Zealand in the pre-match press conference. When Virat was asked whether he would avenge the World Cup defeat to the Kiwis, Virat said that you cannot think of taking revenge on the good players like New Zealand.

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In the World Cup held in England last year, a semi-final was played between India and New Zealand, in which the Kiwis defeated Virat Brigade by 18 runs and were eliminated from the World Cup. Virat Kohli said that, if you think about revenge, these people are so good that you cannot get into revenge mode. Honestly, we get on well with these players and that is about being competitive on the field.

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Kohli further said that he was happy when New Zealand qualified for the World Cup finals and the series is between two teams playing good cricket. Kohli further said that we really have a lot of respect for New Zealand and I think we have a lot of respect within him as well. We were really happy for him when he qualified for the finals, although this was when we lost.

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