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#5 Kohli accepts batsmen didn't do enough

Kohli accepted that the Indian batsmen did not put enough runs on the board for the bowlers to attack

Skipper Virat Kohli stressed on the 'delicate balance' between learning from mistakes and not dwelling on them too much after suffering second back-to-back Test defeat at the hands of New Zealand. Kohli stated that the batsman batted well in patches but that shouldn't be an excuse and accepted that batting collapses were the main reason India fell short in the series.

He explained that the bowlers were up to the mark in terms of execution but the batsman failed repeatedly to give them a score to fight for.

“I think it was a matter of not having enough intent in the first game. We played well in the first innings here with the bat. It was a combination of us not having the right kind of execution and New Zealand playing well."

"Batsmen didn’t do enough for the bowlers to attack. It’s disappointing as a side when the batsmen don’t back up the effort of the bowlers.”

“We need to go back, understand what went wrong and move forward. We are not a side that thinks about the result of the toss. We are not going to take excuses from this tour, just the learning."

In the ODIs it was good to see the youngsters stepping up with Rohit not being available and me not getting runs. We need to accept we were not good enough, take it on the chin and move on.”

Full article: New Zealand vs India 2020: Virat Kohli accepts batsmen didn't do enough