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

Captain Virat Kohli today urged followers of Indian cricket to not be judgemental about his team's poor batting performance after just one Test as the problem is more about making "mental adjustments" rather than technical.

India 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 don't judge so fast. We don't 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 pre-match press conference.

"There must be a clear plan on how to face the first 20-30 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 said.

Kohli said from a team's perspective they don't 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 don't need to worry too much."
"I 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 players."
"It is not like I feel bad that I got runs and we couldn't get across the line. It is purely because we haven't won the games. If I hadn't got the runs and we had won, I would have got a totally different feeling. It is a very natural aspect of playing team sport."
"I 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 haven't 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 don't see any pattern in this."