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India captain Virat Kohli cant remember a worse batting performance by his team than the lowestever Test score of 36 against Australia here but at the same time he urged people not to make mountain out of a molehillKohli did speak about batsmen lacking intent to take forward the lead and although he didnt take names Mayank Agarwals approach 9 off 40 balls in the morning was hard to explain when the team had a 62run overnight advantageI dont 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 postmatch press conference after his team lost the first Test to Australia by eight wicketsThe Indian captain desperately tried but looked at pains to defend the indefensiblemdashanother inept overseas batting show with six successive scores of less than 250 just this yearIts a strange one to be honest in my opinion The ball didnt do much but we didnt 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 teamUnder 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 isnt anything alarming about itI dont think its alarming and we can very well sit here and make a mountain out of a molehill its basically looking at things in the right perspective he reasonedIn 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 89 years You have just spoken about five or six batting collapses in eight to nine 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 onThis is not clublevel 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 he assertedFor Kohli there is no point looking at the past and he only wants to think how plans can be relaid Rather than going into the past as to what has happened and let it linger on in future I dont think thats productive at allKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereAlso download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever