India captain Virat Kohli said his players are hurting after losing the third test against England at Headingley by a big margin but are not demoralised.
Joe Root's men thrashed India by an innings and 76 runs on the fourth day of the test on Saturday to level the five-match series, with the fourth starting at The Oval on Thursday."We like to be in this situation where people start coming at us with doubts and really start questioning the ability of our team," Kohli told reporters on Saturday.
"The guys in the changing room are hurt. And when they are hurt they badly want to correct the things that didn't go well in this game. That is how we are going to play the next two test matches." The team will be open to rotate players to give them a rest during the long series but will not look to draft in an extra batsman in the remaining fixtures as it would upset their preferred balance, Kohli added.