'Need people with right mindset': Kohli hints at changes in Test squad after WTC loss

Team India skipper, Virat Kohli said the Indian team management might take a cue from the limited-overs sides and ...

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: June 24, 2021 01:41 PM2021-06-24T13:41:39+5:302021-06-24T13:41:58+5:30

'Need people with right mindset': Kohli hints at changes in Test squad after WTC loss | 'Need people with right mindset': Kohli hints at changes in Test squad after WTC loss

'Need people with right mindset': Kohli hints at changes in Test squad after WTC loss

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Team India skipper, Virat Kohli said the Indian team management might take a cue from the limited-overs sides and create enough backup and bench strength even in Test cricket, consisting of players with the right mindset."We will continue to reassess and continue to have conversations around what are the things required to strengthen our side and not follow or fall prey to certain patterns," Kohli said at the post-match virtual press conference."We will not wait for a year or so and have to plan. If you see our white-ball team now, we have great depth and guys are ready and confident. Same thing needs to be done with Test cricket.You have to reassess and replan and understand what dynamics work for the team and how we can be fearless. Bring in the right people who have right mindset to perform," the skipper added.I think evolving with the game and improving yourself with the game is very important and when you have been a top side for few years in a row, you don't want to suddenly drop your standards...

"We will certainly take those decisions and have those conversations and in near future," the skipper looked visibly hurt and in a mood to take some tough calls in near future.He also spoke about finding ways to score runs against quality attacks like that of New Zealand. India scored only 217 in the first innings and were all out for 170 in the second effort. "We definitely need to work out better plans on understanding how to score runs. We have to stay in sync with the momentum of the game and not let the game drift away too much. I don't think there are any technical difficulties as such," he asserted. India have not won an ICC tournament in eight years, despite reaching the knockouts six times. The last time India won an ICC Trophy was in 2013, when they beat England in the final to win the ICC Champions Trophy under MS Dhoni. Ever since, India have reached the semi-final of the 2015 World Cup, World T20 2016 and the 2019 World Cup, while finishing runner-up in the 2017 Champions Trophy and most recently the World Test Championship. Kohli himself has been below-par in the WTC, including the final.
 

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