Need to focus on batting first and defending low totals: Kohli

Hyderabad (Telangana), Dec. 5 -- : As India and West Indies get ready to lock horns in the three-match T20I series, skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday said that the side needs to focus on batting first and defending totals ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup.

In recent times, India has won the maximum number of matches while chasing in the shortest format. The Men in Blue lost one match against Bangladesh while batting first at Delhi and the same thing happened against South Africa at Bengaluru.

India is currently ranked at the number fifth position in the ICC T20I team rankings.

"We need to focus on batting first and defending low totals as well. Those are two things that we need to really focus on, T20 is a format where you can experiment...