Virat Kohli: Don't be judgemental, problem is not technical but mental

Captain Virat Kohli today urged followers of Indian cricket to not be judgemental about his teams poor batting performance after just one Test as the problem is more about making mental adjustments rather than technicalIndia lost the first Test against England by 31 runs with only skipper Kohli crossing the 50 run mark in both innings We should not judge so fast and jump to conclusions As a team we keep patience We dont judge so fast We dont see any pattern to the failures As far as wickets falling in heap is concerned it is not about technique it is more of a mental aspect Kohli said at the prematch press conferenceThere must be a clear plan on how to face the first 2030 balls and more often than not that plan does not involve aggression There we need some composure rather than aggression As a batting unit we have discussed that the skipper saidKohli said from a teams perspective they dont analyse how bad a defeat can look as their focus in on cutting down on margin of error in the next game From outside it looks very bad especially as it is Test cricket and we are playing in England where it is anyway difficult But we only need to bring down the margin of error and beyond that we dont need to worry too much His captaincy has come for some flak from the pundits but the skipper defended himself saying that he is doing his bestI am doing as much as I can as the captain and there is constant feedback from the management People have their own ways of looking at the game and their own ideas when it comes to captaincy and so on but I feel I have had really good communication with all the playersKohli did drop a hint that a second specialist spinner in either Ravindra Jadeja or Kuldeep Yadav could be an option as the surface looks dry It could be a tempting thought Just walking here the pitch looked very hard and the surface looked very dry It has been very hot in London for the last couple of months There is good grass cover on it and that is required basically to keep the wicket together otherwise it is going to be very difficult to hold it together Kohli explainedIt is a tempting thought to field two spinners but we have to take a call on that depending on the team balance But two spinners are definitely in contention he saidWhen asked if it hurt more that India lost after his lionhearted effort 149 and 51 Kohli begged to differ It doesnt only hurt when you score runs and you dont win but it also hurts when you are not scoring runs as well and the team is not doing well It is not like I feel bad that I got runs and we couldnt get across the line It is purely because we havent won the games If I hadnt got the runs and we had won I would have got a totally different feeling It is a very natural aspect of playing team sportBut worlds premier Test batsman cautioned that every time it wont be possible for him to score but it doesnt matter till someone else takes the team over the line But there isnt a pattern that India lose outside the sub continent despite his hundreds it happened in Australia South Africa and now in EnglandI am trying my level best to do that whenever possible It is not going to happen every time but when it does I want to try and contribute as much as possible It is unfortunate we havent been able to cross the line after coming so close and that is the only thing we are looking to how we cross the line I dont see any pattern in thisIt doesnt matter whether I get the runs or Jinks Ajinkya Rahane does or Murali Vijay does or KL Rahul does or whoever does As long as we cross the line that is the only thing that matters Kohli said Kohli however didnt give a clear cut reply whether it was his technique of a pronounced frontfoot movement against the likes of James Anderson that stood out unlike othersIt is very difficult for me to point it out Individuals react differently to different things and there are variable reasons as to why a particular player is doing a certain thing on the field That goes into the preparation bit as wellHow I prepare will be very different from another player and so on every other player in the team prepares differently You cant pinpoint exactly what the mindset is when a player goes out to batCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis 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