Virat Kohli hurt after Sri Lanka’s thumping victory at Jamaica – Cricket news
Disappointed after being thrashed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737, the stand-in Indian captain, has admitted that the loss is going to hurt his men.
Kohli won the toss at Kingston, Jamaica, and opted to bowl first on a flat track. It turned out to be a disastrous decision as the opposition were off to a best possible start through http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397, as the duo accumulated 213 runs
for the opening wicket before being separated in the 39th over.
As a result, the Lankans posted a mammoth total of 348 runs on the board for the loss of only one wicket, with Tharanga and Jayawardene registering stunning hundreds.
The Indian batsmen failed to match the brilliance of the Sri Lankans and managed just 187 runs before being bowled out in the 45th over of the innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 and company won the fixture by a mountain-like margin of 161 runs.
While expressing his disenchantment during the post-match presentation ceremony, Kohli admitted that India were totally outplayed by the opposition.
Kohli said, “Tough day at the office, we were not up to the mark with the ball. Sri Lankans batted really well, and we did not. To chase down 349, you need a quick start, we were not able to do that, that did not give us momentum.”
The young top-order batsman is leading the Men in Blue in the absence of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
“The way we have been batting, don't think we needed to consider that option [pinch-hitter]. It didn't happen today. Reality check for us, we have to analyze what we did wrong. We have two more games to go. This is going to hurt the guys a little bit,” he
added.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 will have to win both of their remaining two matches of the tournament, in order to have any chance of qualifying for the final of the event, which is going to be played on July 11, at Port of Spain.
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