“If we had got to tea at 250 for 4 instead of 230 for 6, we were 210 for 4 I think, and you just start getting comfortable and then you lose a couple of wickets and you’re thinking, ‘oh’.”

The head coach additionally stated that, like in Hyderabad, India didn’t get as many runs as they wished to.

“At times, people may not be able to convert some of the starts, but for us, for me, it’s not so much about, it’s just about reading the game and the game situation,” the previous Indian No.3 stated.

India surge up WTC25 standings after victory in Vizag

“I believe it is about understanding are we making the suitable selections when to place the strain, or are we recognising that this can be a second the place we have to soak within the strain somewhat bit and possibly be somewhat bit extra conservative moderately than assault all out?

“I do feel that we did leave runs on the board here again.”

With the win, India rose up the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 desk to the second place and a win share of 52.77%, simply behind Australia (55.00%) at No.1.