As far as India were concerned, the match also showed the understanding that Kohli shares with head coach Ravi Shastri. The incident in question occurred after the end of the 85th over of India’s second innings when the teams took a drinks break. At the time India had already put up a massive 321/7 on the board with Kohli batting at 86 while his partner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, had added 8 runs to the cause.

During the break, Kohli signaled Shastri to so as to get an idea of how to approach the game. In reply, Shastri raised his hands while signalling two fingers and a zero. While some outlets suggested that it was Kohli asking about whether to declare, it was more of a question about what needed to be done at that point of time. 

Manjrekar explained that Shastri might have been telling Kohli that he had another twenty minutes left to bring up his century as the declaration was on the cards. He also stated that the coach could have been asking Kohli to try to add another twenty runs to the scorecard, so as to take it out of the visitor's hands.