SOUTHAMPTON: India skipper Virat Kohli stated his group can't be happy with simply competing in another country and it has to be told the artwork of crossing the road in power situation.
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India suffered a 60-run loss within the fourth Test on Sunday after being brushed aside for 184 while chasing a victory goal of 245 set by England.
It price India the series 3-1 and Kohli stated that they want to perceive situation while on the crease and not after the game.
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"We can look at the scoreboard and say we were only 30 or 50 runs away, but we have to recognise that when we are in the midst of the situation, and not later. We know that we have played good cricket but we cannot say again and again to ourselves that we have competed," Kohli stated.
"When you come so close, there is an art of crossing the line as well, which we will have to learn. We have the ability, which is why we are getting close to a result. But when a pressure situation comes, how we react to it, is something we have to work on a bit."
Like in South Africa, India started off the series lagging 0-2 but fought hard to cut back the deficit by clinching the third Test.
Kohli stated his group must be more relentless and fearless to make better begin to the in another country excursions.
"Look we've spoken about the fact that even during the match when we're in a driving position, we should be able to capitalise on it and not let the opposition come in, and fight back again and again. We can take a leaf out of that," he stated.
"Nottingham we did that, for three days we had been relentless and we're on best. So we want to think about easy methods to get started a series like that as smartly. As a group we want to be more relentless once we get started a series and be a bit of more expressive and fearless at the beginning of a series.
"Especially in a protracted series because, as I have stated firstly of the series, you might have time to comeback, but you need to return back whilst you've played fearless cricket and you don't want to be catching up an excessive amount of."
When asked concerning the batsmen's failure on this recreation, and the series, as a complete, the skipper stated, "It's very tough to recognize key moments within the first innings of a Test fit. But once I were given out, I actually felt that had I batted for longer that day the lead may have been larger.
"But even after that we concept lets get a few more partnerships and extend the lead if imaginable. Eventually Pujara had to play a blinder to get us to a lead of 30 abnormal. So that is the simplest factor that I feel may have prolonged our lead a bit of more on this first innings.
"Apart from that as I stated as captain I don't see many areas we want to bring to mind as negatives because we attempted our perfect."
Kohli stated his group by no means gave up and made England earn the victory.
"Not many groups come with reference to us once we play at house. But to make the home sides earn victory towards us, that's an enormous spice up for us. As a group we feel that we've got pushed the home aspect to earn victories and we haven't thrown within the towel," he stated.
England's Moeen Ali took nine wickets for 134 runs as India succumbed twice to his off-spin.
While Kohli praised the off-spinner, he also defended R Ashwin, who couldn't paintings equivalent magic on this recreation.
"Ashwin attempted his perfect. He pitched the ball in the right areas. He didn't get the effects he would have intended. We all try to do smartly. Some innings it doesn't come off," he stated.
"On flat wickets batsmen can get out. So this was once one instance the place Ashwin may just himself feel he may have were given more acquire out of the wicket. The batsmen played smartly. There may well be a lot of components whilst you take a look at that situation.
"But Moeen bowled really well. If you have to single out his performance, I think he was relentless with the areas that he bowled in and the speeds that he bowled at, so deserved to get the wickets he got eventually," he added.
READ ALSO: 8 the explanation why Kohli’s Team India misplaced the Test series
India suffered a 60-run loss within the fourth Test on Sunday after being brushed aside for 184 while chasing a victory goal of 245 set by England.
It price India the series 3-1 and Kohli stated that they want to perceive situation while on the crease and not after the game.
READ ALSO: Moeen Ali wins battle with Ashwin, India lose warfare
"We can look at the scoreboard and say we were only 30 or 50 runs away, but we have to recognise that when we are in the midst of the situation, and not later. We know that we have played good cricket but we cannot say again and again to ourselves that we have competed," Kohli stated.
"When you come so close, there is an art of crossing the line as well, which we will have to learn. We have the ability, which is why we are getting close to a result. But when a pressure situation comes, how we react to it, is something we have to work on a bit."
Like in South Africa, India started off the series lagging 0-2 but fought hard to cut back the deficit by clinching the third Test.
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Kohli stated his group must be more relentless and fearless to make better begin to the in another country excursions.
"Look we've spoken about the fact that even during the match when we're in a driving position, we should be able to capitalise on it and not let the opposition come in, and fight back again and again. We can take a leaf out of that," he stated.
"Nottingham we did that, for three days we had been relentless and we're on best. So we want to think about easy methods to get started a series like that as smartly. As a group we want to be more relentless once we get started a series and be a bit of more expressive and fearless at the beginning of a series.
"Especially in a protracted series because, as I have stated firstly of the series, you might have time to comeback, but you need to return back whilst you've played fearless cricket and you don't want to be catching up an excessive amount of."
When asked concerning the batsmen's failure on this recreation, and the series, as a complete, the skipper stated, "It's very tough to recognize key moments within the first innings of a Test fit. But once I were given out, I actually felt that had I batted for longer that day the lead may have been larger.
"But even after that we concept lets get a few more partnerships and extend the lead if imaginable. Eventually Pujara had to play a blinder to get us to a lead of 30 abnormal. So that is the simplest factor that I feel may have prolonged our lead a bit of more on this first innings.
"Apart from that as I stated as captain I don't see many areas we want to bring to mind as negatives because we attempted our perfect."
Kohli stated his group by no means gave up and made England earn the victory.
"Not many groups come with reference to us once we play at house. But to make the home sides earn victory towards us, that's an enormous spice up for us. As a group we feel that we've got pushed the home aspect to earn victories and we haven't thrown within the towel," he stated.
England's Moeen Ali took nine wickets for 134 runs as India succumbed twice to his off-spin.
While Kohli praised the off-spinner, he also defended R Ashwin, who couldn't paintings equivalent magic on this recreation.
"Ashwin attempted his perfect. He pitched the ball in the right areas. He didn't get the effects he would have intended. We all try to do smartly. Some innings it doesn't come off," he stated.
"On flat wickets batsmen can get out. So this was once one instance the place Ashwin may just himself feel he may have were given more acquire out of the wicket. The batsmen played smartly. There may well be a lot of components whilst you take a look at that situation.
"But Moeen bowled really well. If you have to single out his performance, I think he was relentless with the areas that he bowled in and the speeds that he bowled at, so deserved to get the wickets he got eventually," he added.
Need to learn art of crossing the line: Virat Kohli
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