After suffering a humiliating defeat in the second Test at Lord’s, Indian skipper Virat Kohli has admitted that there was a mistake in the team selection.

Facing the toughest batting condition after losing the toss, the Indian team was bundled out for just 107 runs. After a struggling period with 131/5, England moved out from the tough situation by Chris Woakes (137*) and Jonny Bairstow’s (93) brilliant batting performances as England put 396/7 on the board before the declaration and took a massive 289 runs lead.

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In the second innings, the disaster batting performances were continued by the Indian batsmen as they were bundled out for just 130 runs and England won by an innings and 159 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin’s 33 not out in the second innings was the only 30+ knock by an Indian batsman in the whole Test match.

After the disappointing defeat, Kohli pointed out that it was the first time in last few overseas Tests where the Indian cricket team was outplayed. While Kohli didn’t blame to batting on the toughest condition, he also admitted that there was a mistake in the team selection.

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The Indian skipper quoted, “We are not very proud with the way we played (in this Test) to be honest. First time in last five Tests we’ve been completely outplayed but when a team plays like that they deserve to be on the winning side. We cannot crib about such things (weather), have to counter the conditions as and when they come to you. We won’t sit around and say that we didn’t have the best of conditions. Their (England) bowlers were relentless with the ball and kept hitting the right areas. Looking at things now, the weather was so unpredictable and I think we got the combination a bit off before the game.”

With this victory in the second Test, England is now leading the five-match Test series by 2-0. English Test skipper Joe Root praised the English all-rounder Chris Woakes to produce the great all-round performances in the Test match. Apart from scoring a brilliant century (137*) in the tough period, Woakes (2/19 & 2/24) also took two wickets in each innings and secured the Player of the Match award.

Root spoke out after a dominated one-sided victory, “We did fantastic from the very first ball and our bowling unit were exceptional throughout the whole game. We probably did have the conditions throughout but you still have to go out there perform and ask the right questions of the batsman. We are really pleased for Woaksey as he has shown how talented he is with the bat. It was great to see him come back into the side and perform the way that he did, it is great to see him reap the rewards. We are in a really good position at the moment but we are going to make sure that we don’t take anything for granted.”