Need to accept we weren’t good enough and improve: Kohli

TIL Desk Sports/ India captain Virat Kohli on Monday admitted that his side made mistakes and were just not good enough to give New Zealand a tough fight in the two-match Test series which they lost 0-2. India had began their New Zealand tour on an emphatic note as they won the five-match T20I series 5-0. However, their form plummeted in the longer formats as first they were whitewashed in the three-match ODI series and then lost the two-Test series.

India, after losing the first Test by 10 wickets in Wellington, came out with another dismal performance as they lost the second match by seven wickets at the Hagley Oval. “We are not going to take excuses from this tour, just the learning and the mistakes we committed and try and improve as we move forward,” said Kohli at the post-match presentation.

“T20Is were pretty good. In the ODIs it was good to see the youngsters stepping up with Rohit (Sharma) not being available and me not getting runs. Those are a few positives, but as a Test team we were not able to play the kind of cricket we wanted to. “We need to accept we were not good enough, take it on the chin and improve those things,” he added.