On Tuesday, the Indian skipper Virat Kohli has promised that he and his team will be giving England a “tough fight” in the remaining three Tests after the hosts suffered a loss of 227 runs in the opening match. Kohli fought a lone battle with his 72 as India crashed to 192 in their chase of 420 on the fifth and final day’s play in Chennai. The result for India comes after a historic series win in Australia last month, but Virat said that the Indian team is ready to make a strong comeback.

After the loss in the Chennai Test, Virat Kohli said, “We are a side that accepts our failures and faults and learns from them. One thing is for sure that in the next three matches we are going to give a tough fight and not let things slip away like it did in this Test.”

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India were left playing catch up after England amassed a huge total of 578 runs in their first innings owing to the brilliant knock from their skipper Joe Root. Pressure on Kohli’s captaincy increased after he returned from Australia following his team’s opening loss and Ajinkya Rahane led the team to a 2-1 victory.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin managed to scalp six wickets to dismiss England for 178 in the second innings but received little help from left-arm orthodox Shahbaz Nadeem. Kohli put the blame on the bowling attack, before singling out Sundar and Shahbaz for criticism.

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Explaining the same, Kohli said, “You need your bowling unit to step up and create pressure on the opposition. If you talk about the fast bowlers and Ashwin, then we bowled consistently well in good areas. But had Washi and Shahbaz bowled economical spells, then the situation would have been better.”