Kohli not disappointed with loss

Jul 02, 2013 |

Agencies

Kingston

India’s stand-in skipper Virat Kohli has said he was forced to keep an attacking field against the West Indies as he needed wickets to defend a modest score of 230 at Sabina Park here.
Kohli was asked to lead the side after regular captain M.S. Dhoni suffered from cramps while batting and the 24-year-old said it was a good experience.
“I have captained in the IPL but that’s a Twenty20 game,” Kohli said. “There were times when you are under pressure and you miss him (Dhoni) because he remains calm under pressure,” a disappointed Kohli admitted.
“This was totally unexpected. It was more thinking on the feet. It was a good experience for me. I had to keep attacking fields throughout the game because we needed wickets,” he added.
Chasing 230, West Indies rode on Johnson Charles’ 97 to win the match with 14 balls to spare and Kohli heaped praise on the young batsman.
“He is someone who’s done well for (West Indies). It’s a good thing for them. It’s good to see a young player from the West Indies coming through and play the match-winning knock. We were putting pressure on him and he really stood up,” said the Delhi batsman. Defending the modest total, Indian bowlers did well to trigger a mini collapse, which left the West Indies struggling at 212/8 after 41 overs.
Kohli then made a surprise decision by bringing in part-timer, Suresh Raina and the offspinner didn’t disappoint as he snapped Sunil Narine’s wicket in his second over.
“(Sunil) Narine was batting and I thought Raina is good to left-handers and when he bowls around the wicket, he sort of skids it on. I thought he might hit the pad or force them on to the front foot,” he said.
However, number 9 batsman Kemar Roach dashed India’s hopes as he kept his cool to score 14 crucial runs and take West Indies home.
The close one-wicket loss snapped India’s nine-match winning streak but Kohli took the defeat in his stride, saying it is not possible to win everyday. “You can’t be too disappointed with these kinds of games,” said Kohli.
“We won seven in a row in England (Champions Trophy, including the two warm-ups against Sri Lanka and Australia) and in cricket, you can’t win everything. The way the guys fought was very pleasing to see. Everyone was hungry to win, he added.

Post new comment

<form action="/comment/reply/240077" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" id="comment-form"> <div><div class="form-item" id="edit-name-wrapper"> <label for="edit-name">Your name: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="60" name="name" id="edit-name" size="30" value="Reader" class="form-text required" /> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-mail-wrapper"> <label for="edit-mail">E-Mail Address: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="64" name="mail" id="edit-mail" size="30" value="" class="form-text required" /> <div class="description">The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.</div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-comment-wrapper"> <label for="edit-comment">Comment: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <textarea cols="60" rows="15" name="comment" id="edit-comment" class="form-textarea resizable required"></textarea> </div> <fieldset class=" collapsible collapsed"><legend>Input format</legend><div class="form-item" id="edit-format-1-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-1"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-1" name="format" value="1" class="form-radio" /> Filtered HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd></li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-format-2-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-2"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-2" name="format" value="2" checked="checked" class="form-radio" /> Full HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> </fieldset> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" id="form-b6297144e1a4db8d8cabd4c42c420a28" value="form-b6297144e1a4db8d8cabd4c42c420a28" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-comment-form" value="comment_form" /> <fieldset class="captcha"><legend>CAPTCHA</legend><div class="description">This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.</div><input type="hidden" name="captcha_sid" id="edit-captcha-sid" value="80421951" /> <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" id="edit-captcha-response" value="NLPCaptcha" /> <div class="form-item"> <div id="nlpcaptcha_ajax_api_container"><script type="text/javascript"> var NLPOptions = {key:'c4823cf77a2526b0fba265e2af75c1b5'};</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://call.nlpcaptcha.in/js/captcha.js" ></script></div> </div> </fieldset> <span class="btn-left"><span class="btn-right"><input type="submit" name="op" id="edit-submit" value="Save" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div></form>