Australia swept through an emphatic eight-wicket victory in two and a half days in the opening test after India collapsed to 36 in their second inning.
“It’s very difficult to put those feelings into words. We had a 60-something lead and we just collapsed. When you work hard for two days and you put yourself in a strong position and then an hour puts you in a position where it’s literally impossible for you to. win, “Kohli said in the post-match presentation.
“I think we should have shown a little more intent today. They (the Australians) bowled in similar areas in the early innings too, but probably our mindset was to score runs.”
He said the Australians threw some good balls, but they didn’t do anything drastically different from the first innings.
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“I think it was the mentality, it was very evident. I felt that the races were very hard to come by and the bowlers felt confident.
“I think it was a combination of lack of intention and the (Australian) bowlers hitting their areas.”
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Kohli will go home for the birth of her first child next month, leaving Ajinkya rahane to lead the team in the remaining three tests.
“Obviously you want to be committed to the team’s cause, a (good) result would have been really good. But I’m pretty sure the guys in the future will reflect on this and come back stronger on Boxing Day,” he said referring to the second. test starting December 26 in Melbourne.
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Captain of Australia Tim paine, who was named Man of the Match, said he did not expect India to collapse like that.
“Not really. I said in the media this morning that both attacks have the ability to take fast terrain. I didn’t expect them to come so fast.”
“When our guys run and there’s something in the wicket, this is what can happen.”
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On his hit of 73 in Australia’s first inning on Friday, he said: “It was very important for the team to get close to that total. Obviously 5 of 79 lose a few more and India is going ahead in the test.
“When you’re as tall as our boys and as fast as our boys, it can get very difficult, so the credit to our bowlers again.”
Paine was all praise for his bowlers, but said his hitters were below average.
“Absolutely rapping with the way we pitched, but our hitting was below what we expected,” he said.
“Burnsy (Joe Burns) is a really important part of our team and every cricketer knows how hard it is to run like that, to go out in a test match and do that will do Burnsy a lot of good,” he said. additional.
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