‘The defeat is a reality check’

The punishing 161-run defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka was difficult to digest and a ‘reality check’ for his side, stand-in skipper Virat Kohli said as India suffered its second successive defeat in the tri-series.

Sri Lanka piled up a huge 348 for one and then shot out the Indians for a paltry 187 in 44.5 overs.
India are now in a position, where they need to win the remaining two games to qualify for the final.

‘It was a reality check for us, we have to analyse what we did wrong. We have two more games to go. This is going to hurt the guys a little bit,’ Kohli, leading the side in place of injured skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, said.  Kohli said the bowlers let them down in the match and a slow start in the chase too was responsible for the debacle. ‘It was a tough day at the office.

We were not up to the mark with the ball.The 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’ he said.