Virat Kohli hopes batsmen replicate home form in Australia

Heaping praise on his bowlers India skipper Virat Kohli asked his batters to replicate their home form in Australia next month Im really happy to see these guys fit and hungry Its up to the batsmen to do the rest of the job I think this game was tougher for the batsmen This first innings was more challenging than the last one in Rajkot said Kohli at the postmatch presentationIndia registered their tenth consecutive Test series win at home as Kohlis men crushed the West Indies by 10 wickets in the second and final cricket Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on SundayOnce again it was a cakewalk for India in the second innings after being handed a paltry 72run target by the tourists Openers Prithvi Shaw 33 not out and Lokesh Rahul 33 not out guided the side home with ease in just 161 overs on the third day of the TestAfter scoring 367 runs in their first innings in reply to the West Indies 311 India bowled out the visitors for 127 runs in the second innings on Sunday setting themselves a 72run targetPacer Umesh Yadav was the wreckerinchief with match figures of 10133 and he became the third Indian pacer with a tenwicket haul in a home Test The rightarmer who had figures of 688 in the first innings bagged four wickets in the second innings conceding 45 runs and was also adjudged the Man of the Match If you look at the three new guys Vihari in England Shaw and Pant whove come in theyve grabbed their opportunities I think all these things are a big positive But from this Test I want to single out Umesh the skipper pointed outShardul broke down and to take ten wickets is great It was an outstanding performance Were all happy for him I think its a great luxury to have several seamers We have a headache to choose out of so many good quality bowlers Thats a better position to be in than looking for bowlers Kohli addedThe captain further said he wants to see deputy Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant get more partnerships together Rahane has been batting really well he got runs in Nottingham and we won the Test He wanted runs under the belt His partnership with Pant is something we want to see more of said Kohli Yadav became only the third Indian pacer to take 10 wickets in a Test at home West Indies captain Jason Holder who played his first game of the series said the ordinary batting led to another defeat on day three of the gameA little disappointed with the way we batted in the second innings I thought we fought our way back in the game after the fightback yesterday we tried to push forward today But credit to India they played commendably and did the basics better than us Holder saidAsked about an extra seamer and whether that made a difference the visiting captain said In hindsight a lot of seamers got wickets Umesh got ten wickets I got a fifer and maybe Shannon got a few wickets as well and an extra seamer would have helpedIt didnt spin as much as wed expected it to We need to apply ourselves more need to give ourselves a better chance with the bat bat deep after getting set in he added But it was a good game for the skipper who scored a half century and picked up a fivewicket haulPersonally I am in a good head space at the moment I am playing good cricket and try working hard on my game while playing through aches and pains I love playing Test cricket and it is my favourite format added HolderCatch 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