India, June 24 -- There are cricketing tactics where a captain sets up a trap in coordination with the bowler to get a breakthrough. There are instances of individual brilliance from a bowler or a fielder that result in a wicket. Sometimes, it's the mistake of a batter. And there are times when certain individuals get under the skin of the batters to frustrate them and induce a mistake. Virat Kohli was a master of that. Sort of the Javed Miandad of modern-day cricket in terms of getting in the face of the opposition, trying to pick a fight, which often got the best out of him.

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri said India were missing this element during the series opener of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Headingley in Leeds. India g...