India vs Australia | I learn from my mistakes, admits Virat Kohli

The Indian bowlers put in an impressive performance on the second day of the Test match at Adelaide to dismiss the Australian batsman for 235. Cheteshwar Pujara had given the visitors some hope after his hard-fought hundred in the first innings which saw the rest of the Indian batsman depart without doing much damage to the scoreboard.

Virat Kohli touted as India’s dangerman in the ongoing series was dismissed for just three runs off a Pat Cummins delivery. However, the Indian captain will look to add to his kitty in the second innings as India look to register their first series win on Australian soil.

In a recent interview with Adam Gilchrist with FoxSports, the 30-year old batsman revealed that his past tours of Australia have helped him improve his game in recent years.

"I didn't have a good understanding of where to draw the line and stuff like that. Those are things that I, I wouldn't say I regret, but those definitely I look at them as mistakes. But mistakes that were important for me to commit so I can learn from them," Kohli told Adam Gilchrist.

Kohli, who is widely regarded as the world’s best batsman, admitted that it isn’t easy to score a lot of runs in Australian conditions. The first tour Down Under was particularly hard for the Delhi-born cricketer as he struggled with scores of 11, 0 and 23, amidst hostile Australian crowds. The cricketer broke free in the fourth Test in Adelaide, with a maiden century. 

"The one thing is that I've always been myself, I've never tried to be someone else because of the opinion. Hence, I learn from my own mistakes, I realise my own mistakes myself and just kept correcting them through the journey.

"But (I'm) massively different from the last two tours, especially the first one, I was so bad."

He added, "I was never a perfect mould of typical, old school cricketer, I always just wanted to find my own way and I guess those things were a part of that journey."