“Not brave enough” – Kohli brutally honest in assessment of India’s loss – T20 World Cup

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Put in to bat first, India were restricted to a modest total of 110/7 by New Zealand bowlers who were on top of their game from ball one.

“Obviously, with the ball we did not have much to play with, but we were just not brave enough in our body language when we entered the field.

Quizzed about the expectations of the fans, Kohli said, “When you play for the Indian cricket team you have a lot of expectations – not only from fans, but players themselves.

“I think as a batting unit what we were trying to do is that we know in the second innings dew does play a massive factor, so the batters tried to give us some cushion.

They used the slower balls well, they used the wicket to their advantage, and they made it difficult for our batters to play the big shots.

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