Virat Kohli is not a happy man. No indeed, he feels angry, aggrieved and agitated in equal measure with the primary source of his scorn being the size of the ground at Edgbaston.

In his mind, the 59m boundary on one side of the playing arena was both “bizarre” and “crazy”! Certainly, England’s batsmen delighted in smashing the Indian bowlers for 13 sixes in their innings, many of which sailed easily over the short side of the ground.

Kohli has a reputation as a man who wears his heart on his sleeve and it wouldn’t be the first time he has been outspoken following his side’s defeat but I have to say that I find his comments to be both bizarre and a little crazy.

Both teams had equal access to the short boundary but it was only England’s batsmen who were able to capitalise. In fact, India hit just 1 six in their entire innings and that came in the very last over when the game was already done and dusted.

Perhaps instead of blaming the ground, Kohli needs to look a little closer to home with both he and Rohit Sharma stuck in 3rd gear for the majority of the innings. Yes, it was the sabbath but India’s innings was the archetypal Sunday drive complete with a stop off to admire the views while England engaged in the kind of high octane cricket that has seen them rise to number 1 in the rankings.

Kohli claimed it was almost impossible for his bowlers to defend on a ground with such a short boundary yet it was those same bowlers who continued to feed England easy opportunities to hit the ball too and very often over the advertising hoardings.

In a more sarcastic turn of phrase Kohli also stated that it all felt too much like a big coincidence that the host nation England got to benefit from such an oddly shaped playing arena. Of course, what Virat failed to mention is that it is, in fact, India who will get to play 2 matches at a venue which is apparently so easy to score at. Perhaps they'll do better at the 2nd time of asking when they play Bangladesh tomorrow?

The ICC have also been quick to respond to any accusations of favouritism by confirming that the pitches to be used and the dimension for the playing area were decided upon months ago and that teams were all well aware of them prior to the tournament beginning. England reacted by dropping a spinner for a seamer while India if anything weakened their fast bowling attack by including Pant at the expense of the injured all-rounder Vijay Shankar. Was that England's fault too Virat Kohli?

To me this all seems to reak of a captain who is not willing to take the short-comings of his own team and his leadership of that team seriously. We wait to see if Bangladesh can take advantage of Kohli's flustered state of mind......