‘People want us to believe it’s a massive loss’ Says Virat Kohli

Wellington: India skipper Virat Kohli admitted that his side was outplayed by New Zealand in the opening Test but added that he will not think of it as a “massive one” as many people want the team to believe.

“This is a game where we did not show enough competitiveness. In the past, we have known that we have played good cricket even when we have lost and we have been in the game,” Kohli said at the post-match presser.

“I think we let ourselves down massively in the first innings with the bat,” he added.

“We have to understand that we were not at our best in the game and there is no shame and harm in accepting that. Only when we accept this, we will come out in the next game with a much better mindset and much better competitiveness that we have shown as a team. That is the representation of the Test team,” Kohli said.

“We know we haven’t played well, but if people want to make a big deal out of it, make a mountain out of it, we can’t help it as we don’t think like that,” the skipper said at the post-match media interaction. IANS

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