Virat Kohli highlights the importance of touring nations with quality opposition
After back-to-back Test series losses to South Africa and England, Virat Kohli insists that when one tours nations with quality players one is bound to lose a few games. Coming to the ongoing series against England, Kohli stated that it hurts to have lost matches when the team was dominating.
India slumped to a daunting loss in the ongoing Test series against England as they ruled out a potential comeback after the home team raced off to a 3-1 lead with a win at Southampton in the fourth Test. This was Indiaâs 10th consecutive Test series loss on English soil and their second Test series loss in the 2018-19 season.Â
But Indian skipper, Virat Kohli, insisted that despite the setbacks, what was more important was the quality of the opposition that the team played against. England, who
The Delhi-born batsman also highlighted the issues when it came to the preparation for the UK tour. After the IPL and a one-off Test match against Afghanistan, the Indian team had fatigue when they took on Ireland as
âLot of people talk about tour games but where are those tour games happening and against what quality of bowling are very important questions to be asked. Because if you donât get the preparation you need before a Test series, then it is actually not
When it came to the current series against the three lions, the 29-year old cited two crucial phases during the series - the second innings chase at the Edgbaston (1st Test) and the first innings at Southampton (fourth Test).
âSitting right now, two things â the second innings at Birmingham and first innings at Southampton. Sitting here, I am not thinking of anything else. The key was to make the team win and twice I could have contributed more.
âI know Trent Bridge was great but I remember second innings at Birmingham and first innings at Southampton and I am thinking about that. I am thinking so that if I am in the same position once again, I wonât let the team down,â the Indian captain added.
From an individual point of view, the number one Test batsman scored nearly 550 runs in four Tests. But he did admit that it âhurtâ losing matches from a position of dominance, especially in the first game where India lost by a narrow margin of 31 runs.
"It was a competitive series and we have already understood and admitted the things that we havenât done well. Thatâs something we are keen to improve on as to get into competitive positions, you understand that you have the ability. But ability only takes you to a certain extent and then your mental toughness comes into play when you have to win Test series in difficult conditions and difficult countries, something that we aspire to do.
âWhen you donât do that being in winning positions, obviously hurts more than anything. Probably, thatâs frustrating, we have shown skill sets to get into winning positions and not
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