India vs England: ‘Just Not Good Enough’ in Third ODI, Admits Virat Kohli After Leeds Loss

England won the series 2-1 and it was the first loss for Virat Kohli as captain of India in an ODI bilateral series.

Virat Kohli-led team India lost to England by 8 wickets in the 3rd ODI at Leeds and later admitted that his team was just not good enough on the day. England won the series 2-1 and it was the first loss for Virat Kohli as captain of India in an ODI bilateral series.

After the match, speaking exclusively to Sky Sports he was asked to point out the areas of concern, to which he said “quite a few”.

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“That’s what every side is looking for, they are looking for the best balance they can have possibly. All these sort of series and these sort of losses will tell us exactly what we need to work on and the things we need to rectify come World Cup time,” said Kohli.

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The Indian captain also hailed England performance. He said, “They suffocated us through the middle overs really well. And the two spinners (Rashid and Moeen Ali) again joining hands and bowling 20 overs together … they really bowled well in partnerships. That is what you need as a side – you need bowlers to step up and bowl in partnerships. None of them got greedy, they just kept containing the runs and got the results eventually.”

“We were never on the mark as far as the runs on the board were concerned, we were 25-30 less,” said Kohli. “England were really clinical with the ball, bat and the field as well. We were just not good enough,” he added further.

Earlier, Virat Kohli brought up his 48th ODI fifty and looked strong to get to a century. But he was bowled by an Adil Rashid ripper, he was out for 71 of 72 balls against the run of play.

Now, it is over to the whites, with the 1st Test beginning on August 1.