London: Captain Virat Kohli urged followers of Indian cricket to not be judgemental about his team’s poor batting performance after just one Test as the problem is more about making ‘mental adjustments’ rather than technical.
“We should not judge so fast, and jump to conclusions As a team, we keep patience. We don’t judge so fast. We don’t see any pattern to (the failures). As far as wickets falling in heap is concerned, it is not about technique, it is more of a mental aspect,” Kohli said at the pre-match press conference.
“There must be a clear plan on how to face the first 20-30 balls, and more often than not that plan does not involve aggression. There we need some composure rather than aggression. As a batting unit, we have discussed that,” the skipper said.
Kohli said from a team’s perspective they don’t analyse how bad a defeat can look as their focus in on cutting down on margin of error in the next game.
Kohli also dropped a hint that a second specialist spinner in either Ravindra Jadeja or Kuldeep Yadav could be an option as the surface looks dry. “It is a tempting thought to field two spinners but we have to take a call on that depending on the team balance,” Kohli explained.
On the other hand, England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler feels England need to be more clinical in some aspects, including catching.
“You have to give the bowlers credit too. We created some chances which weren’t taken. That’s something for us to work on, trying to be more clinical,” Buttler wrote for a sports website.
I would just say to the fans to support the whole team because we all are giving our best efforts and we all want to win together
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