Virat Kohli speaks about India's batting collapses, probable bowling combination

The captain also reflected on his own batting form and hoped the other batsmen too dug in and worked on their temperament at Lord's.

Indian captain Virat Kohli believes that the recent batting collapses are more about temperament and has asked people not to jump to conclusions.

"As a team, we keep patience. We don't judge so fast. We don't see any pattern to (the failures). As far as wickets falling in a heap is concerned, it's not about technique, it is more of a mental aspect," he said.

'We need some composure'

"It depends on how you think about it after the dismissal. There must be a clear plan on how to face the first 20-30 balls; more often than not that plan does not involve aggression. There we need some composure. As a batting unit, we have discussed that," the skipper added on the eve of the first Test match.

The Indian batting unit is under pressure after a sloppy show in Edgbaston when barring Virat Kohli, the rest of the batsmen played rather iffy strokes to gift away to wickets in the first Test.

Speaking about the combinations in the second Test, Kohli said that he has not decided on anything yet and everything depends on the conditions.

Although it is a tempting prospect, India have not ruled out playing a second spinner.

"It could be a tempting thought. The pitch looks very hard, the surface very dry. It has been very hot in London for the last couple of months. There is good grass cover in it and that is required basically to keep the wicket together," Kohli quipped.

Reflecting on his own performance at Edgbaston, Kohli said that he would rather score runs whenever possible.

"It doesn't hurt when you score runs and don't win. It hurts when you are not scoring runs as well, and the team is not doing well. If I hadn't got the runs and we had won, I would have got a totally different feeling, a very natural aspect of playing a team sport. My job as a batsman when I go out there is to score runs as a team," Kohli said.

After slipping to a 31-run defeat in Edgbaston, the second Test at Lord's commences on August 9 and now, the Indian team will have to do all the running.