Rahul to play second Test, confirms Kohli

“Those are the things we figure out as a management group and obviously we would like to take the best possible 11 onto the field and the best bowlers who are mentally ready to pick up 20 wickets for us”. “When there is the pressure to win the match, you can play your shots, but when you are trying to save the match, you have to keep the intent going but can’t play as many shots”, said Kohli.

He further said: “It is important to convince yourself you can negotiate what’s thrown at you”.

Bolstering that belief were the positives Kumble had seen over the five days in Rajkot.

“We want to focus on our strengths and play the cricket that we have as a team at home and put the pressure on the opposition”. “Time will tell where he ends up but as a 19-year-old, he’s very, very good”.

Cook jetted back to England from Bangladesh to be there for the birth of his second daughter in October, but returned after spending just 18 hours with his family’s new addition. “We need to accept what happened”, he added.

The second of what is a marathon five-match Test series starts in Visakhapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh, on Thursday. I think that was the main difference rather than skill or pitch or toss.

“To score those runs was very pleasing and then we did 160 overs of hard graft to keep India below us”. It was a good cricket wicket. “We’ll look to use the previous experience of playing here to our advantage”, he said.

The Indian fielding unit had a awful first two days after England openers Alastair Cook and Haseeb Hameed were dropped on three occasions in the first hour.

“The way Has (Hameed) played was brilliant”.

India’s head coach Anil Kumble has admitted that James Anderson, who is available for selection for the second Test in Visakhapatnam, would definitely make England strong if included.

“On these wickets, it takes a bit of time to turn and it was pretty flat to start with. Adil (Rashid) stepped up another level”, said the England skipper.

“There is slight frustration, credit to Cooky and Has (Haseeb Hameed) for setting the game”. We are doing some good stuff at the moment.

“We had so many chances that could have gone (our way)”. England had set India a target of 310 from approximately 50 overs (just over a session and half).

When batting conditions were at their best in Rajkot, England posted 537 – when they had the opportunity to post a bigger total on the board.