England’s Sam Curran, who took four for 74 on the second day of the first Test, has described Virat Kohli’s innings as an ‘eye-opener’.
The 20 year-old said: “I’m only in my second game, but I think it was a little eye-opener for watching the way he bats and how precise you’ve got to be with your lengths (to him).
“But he did nick a lot of balls outside off-stump that didn’t carry as well.
“We stuck to our plans very well against him, and on another day they would carry,” he said.
Curran was not upset about the dropped catches. “No one means to drop catches, and on another day they would be taken. But you can’t dwell on those things too much — especially in a game like this, because there’s going to be another chance coming at you straightaway.”