Don’t make mountain out of a molehill, says Kohli after lowest team total

[Gollum]

LINK 1

 

LINK 2

 

“I don’t think we have ever had a worse batting performance than this. So we can only go upwards from here and you will see guys stepping up and realising their true characters,” Kohli said in the post-match press conference after his team lost the first Test to Australia by eight wickets.

 

 

The Indian captain desperately tried but looked at pains to defend the indefensible — another inept overseas batting show with six successive scores of less than 250 just this year. “It’s a strange one to be honest in my opinion. The ball didn’t do much but we didn’t have too much intent of going out there and taking the game forward,” he lamented.

 

“Everything happened so quickly that no one could make any sense of it,” Kohli was unable to fathom what hit his team. Under Kohli, save the 2018 series in Australia, the Indian team has had way too many batting collapses including six on the trot, starting with New Zealand early this year, but strangely the skipper felt there isn’t anything alarming about it. “I don’t think it’s alarming and we can very well sit here and make a mountain out of a molehill, it’s basically looking at things in the right perspective,” he reasoned.

 

In fact, there has been close to 15 innings in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) where the team has failed but the skipper could remember only six in 8-9 years. “You have just spoken about five or six batting collapses in 8 to 9 years if I am not wrong. There will definitely be collapses again and again and we have to accept our mistakes and what we need to work on.

 

“This is not club level cricket and obviously there is a lot of pressure involved at different stages and as batsmen, we take pride in doing our job for the team. We are not vulnerable to getting out cheaply or vulnerable to a collapse,” the skipper asserted.

 

He acknowledged the strategic mistakes by his teammates. “We played enough cricket to understand what needs to be done at different stages in a Test match. It’s just lack of executing a plan which is apt for that situation on Day 3,” he said. “We arrived today with 9 wickets in hand. We should have definitely put in a stronger batting performance. I don’t think any mental fatigue is involved and I don’t think that’s a factor,” he ruled out the burnout aspect completely.

While Josh Hazlwood and Pat Cummins were brilliant in their lines and lengths, the skipper felt that they didn’t do anything different compared to the first innings.

 

“Look they bowled similar lengths in the first innings also. We were just better in terms of handling it and having a plan around it how to go about it.’’

 

Kohli admitted that once again, India let the Australian tail wag, allowing the home team to reach 191 from 111 for 7 at one stage with as many as four catches being dropped during the innings. “It was very crucial. I think they were 7 down for 110 when Tim Paine offered a chance. Teams will not offer you opportunities again and again, you have to grab it when they come your way.’’

[Gollum]

He has completely lost it. Such a delusional bunch our TM. 

[wanted_desi]

Kohli reminds me of our another great leader in charge: Modi

Edited December 19, 2020 by wanted_desi

[R!TTER]

6 minutes ago, Gollum said:

So we can only go upwards from here and you will see guys stepping up and realising their true characters

Haha, we saw how that worked out in Eng or NZ 

[chewy]

Captain D!ckhead is no different to his predecessors, no accountability

 

But bigger problem with captain d!ckhead is total lack of IQ and remote ounce of strategic or tactical intelligence.

 

No wonder this loser hasn't won anything as a leader.

 

[LordPrabhzy]

Just now, R!TTER said:

Haha, we saw how that worked out in Eng or NZ 

More like they realise they have shameless characters.

 

im literally losing respect for this man day by day. I mean how can two captains in a row be so selfish with their egos. Atleast Dhoni won 3 trophies. This MF has won Jack.. apart from one Aus series against a depleted side. He will do a Dhoni and make fans hate him so much it will overshadow his great achievements as a batsman. 

[R!TTER]

I prefer the slightly more compact & (not so) mysterious BC, MC, BBC moniker for him 

[goose]

let's not make a mountain out of a molehill - sounds like they executed perfectly!

[Gollum]

@sandeep missing, bhai you still shell-shocked or what? 

[speedheat]

24 minutes ago, wanted_desi said:

Kohli reminds me of our another great leader in charge: Modi

Op is a big modi bhakt

[Laaloo]

And then he proceeded to sing;

Acha chalta hoon dua o mein yaad rakhna

[nevada]

26 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

Haha, we saw how that worked out in Eng or NZ 

So, going up from here means another defeat, but slightly less humiliating. 

[R!TTER]

Nah, probably an innings defeat with a low triple digits score followed by another double digit one & Oz piling on the misery after declaring on 600+ or something.

[nevada]

Dear advertisers, don't make a race horse out of a donkey. Your advertisement dollars are better spent elsewhere. A note to Wrogn brand folks - consider Losr as a spin off brand.

"Losr - lose yourself in leisure" can be the tag line. 

[coffee_rules]

Now, I feel so much better. Thank you! O Captain, My Captain!

[Frustrated]

I wish this arrogant brat Lolli never returns to our team.  It's better to lose under someone else's captaincy rather than him. Atleast, poor fans like us won't hv to deal with post match torture.

[Sandeep99]

There will definitely be collapses again and again and we have to accept our mistakes and what we need to work on.

 

The message is clear folks. I mean can a person let alone a captain be so shameless. I mean how can one say this? India is a chewtiya country. Only here people can say this and still get away. Disgusted.

[Lone Wolf]

Wow what a Joker..  He himself is a limited player & talking about intent.   Saala Bollywood vegan piece of s**

[nevada]

11 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

I wish this arrogant brat Lolli never returns to our team.  It's better to lose under someone else's captaincy rather than him. Atleast, poor fans like us won't hv to deal with post match torture.

Seriously, he is a banyan tree. He and his sidekick Shastri have taken the team to new depths. 

[Vickydev]

Words like intent, plan, process and all have become overused words  in the Indian cricket vocabulary and they make my blood boil...what the hell...just play the game right and you win. As a batsman you play each ball as it comes. They are shamelessly overcomplicating things. Thats why Virat finds the events today strange