After major series defeat in South Africa, the Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday blasted at the reporters during a post-match conference in Centurion. The confident South African squad thrashed India in the second Test match by 135 runs. Visitors had lost the opening Test match by 72 runs in Newlands Cape Town.

South Africa is dominating the three-match Test series with 2-0.

During the post-match conference, one of the journalists once again brought the question on the team selection and the best playing eleven Kohli could’ve fielded during the Test match. “What is the best 11?” asked furious Kohli when asked if visitors played the best combination of ‘sub-continental’ conditions at Centurion.

“If we had won this, was this the best 11? We don’t decide the 11 according to results. You are telling me that you could have played the best 11. You tell me the best 11 and we will play that,” Virat went on.

The head coach Ravi Shastri along with captain Kohli and team management had come under heavy criticism when Rohit Sharma was retained in the second Test in place of Test specialist Ajinkya Rahane.

The cricket lovers were also furious with the decision of Virat when he dropped the star Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Ishant Sharma.

“I am saying the loss obviously hurts but you make one decision and you got to back it. We don’t sit here and say if you will fail in one game, you are not good enough to beat this level. Didn’t we lose in India when we had the best 11 there?”

“Whoever is picked should be good enough to do the job for the team. That is why we have got such a big squad. They are good enough to beat this level but you need to do that collectively as a team. You can’t pinpoint and say which is the best 11. We have played with teams in the past which have looked really strong and lost,” said Kohli.

When Virat Kohli was asked if the team was losing because of too many changes in the team in different Test matches, he countered, “How many Test matches have we won out of 34? How many have we won? How many have we won? 21 wins (20 actually). Two losses. How many draws? Does it matter? Wherever we play we try to do our best. I’m here to answer your questions, not to fight with you.”

When the reporters asked, India is the table toppers of ICC in Test ranking but after the major series defeat if he still believes his squad is the best?

“Look, we have to believe that we are the best side. Even when we came here, if you don’t have the belief that you can win the series here, there is no point coming here.

“We have not come here just to participate. And answering your question, how many times did South Africa come into the game in India?” he concluded.