CENTURION: An irate India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday lost his cool and snapped on the scribes in a fiery media consultation after the series defeat in opposition to South Africa, his first reverse as full-time skipper.
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When asked by the mediapersons about fielding the most productive possible playing XI and his crew's in a foreign country record, Kohli was at his combative best.
"What is the best 11?" snapped Kohli when asked if India performed the most productive combination in "sub-continental" prerequisites at Centurion.
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"If we had won this, was this the best 11? We don't decide the 11 according to results. You are telling me that you could have played the best 11. You tell me the best 11 and we will play that," the skipper went on.
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India performed Rohit Sharma over Ajinkya Rahane within the two video games and there were other unexpected selection calls as smartly.
Kohli stated he backs the XI that is picked to do the process.
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"I'm pronouncing the loss obviously hurts however you are making one resolution and you were given to again it. We do not sit down here and say if you will fail in a single game, you aren't just right sufficient to be at this stage. Didn't we lose in India when we had the most productive 11 there?
"Whoever is picked will have to be just right sufficient to do the process for the crew. That is why we have were given the sort of giant squad. They are just right sufficient to be at this stage however you wish to have to do this jointly as a crew. You can not pinpoint and say which is the most productive 11. We have performed with teams previously that have seemed truly strong and lost."
Kohli was next asked in regards to the development of fielding other teams in the entire Test matches underneath him and whether the crew was losing as a result of an excessive amount of cutting and changing.
"How many Test matches have we won out of 34? How many have we won? How many have we won? 21 wins (20 in fact). Two losses. How many attracts? Does it topic? Wherever we play we try to do our best. I am here to reply to your questions, to not struggle with you," he countered.
India are ranked primary however submit the loss, does Kohli consider they still are the most productive?
"Look, we have to consider that we're the most productive aspect. Even when we got here here, when you do not need the conclusion that you'll win the series here, there's no level coming here.
"We have not come here just to participate. And answering your question, how many times did South Africa come into the game in India?" he added.
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When asked by the mediapersons about fielding the most productive possible playing XI and his crew's in a foreign country record, Kohli was at his combative best.
"What is the best 11?" snapped Kohli when asked if India performed the most productive combination in "sub-continental" prerequisites at Centurion.
ALSO READ: Five explanation why India lost the Centurion Test
"If we had won this, was this the best 11? We don't decide the 11 according to results. You are telling me that you could have played the best 11. You tell me the best 11 and we will play that," the skipper went on.
ALSO READ: Virat Kohli says batting failure ended in series loss
India performed Rohit Sharma over Ajinkya Rahane within the two video games and there were other unexpected selection calls as smartly.
Kohli stated he backs the XI that is picked to do the process.
As it happened: Day five
"I'm pronouncing the loss obviously hurts however you are making one resolution and you were given to again it. We do not sit down here and say if you will fail in a single game, you aren't just right sufficient to be at this stage. Didn't we lose in India when we had the most productive 11 there?
"Whoever is picked will have to be just right sufficient to do the process for the crew. That is why we have were given the sort of giant squad. They are just right sufficient to be at this stage however you wish to have to do this jointly as a crew. You can not pinpoint and say which is the most productive 11. We have performed with teams previously that have seemed truly strong and lost."
Kohli was next asked in regards to the development of fielding other teams in the entire Test matches underneath him and whether the crew was losing as a result of an excessive amount of cutting and changing.
"How many Test matches have we won out of 34? How many have we won? How many have we won? 21 wins (20 in fact). Two losses. How many attracts? Does it topic? Wherever we play we try to do our best. I am here to reply to your questions, to not struggle with you," he countered.
India are ranked primary however submit the loss, does Kohli consider they still are the most productive?
"Look, we have to consider that we're the most productive aspect. Even when we got here here, when you do not need the conclusion that you'll win the series here, there's no level coming here.
"We have not come here just to participate. And answering your question, how many times did South Africa come into the game in India?" he added.
Virat Kohli loses cool, snaps at scribes in fiery press conference
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