England alone don't bowl short

Most international teams now look to pepper India's young batsmen with bouncers, but Kohli doesn't see any problem with short-pitched bowling.

"England alone don't bowl short. South Africans do as well. West Indians do. As an international cricketer, you can't expect not to get short bowling. If you try to run away you could end up somewhere else. If you are positive, you can handle short stuff from any kind of bowler. As far as I am concerned, I am up for it. I have no problem," he said.

Kohli said there was no let-up in their game and India had put up a tough fight in the last one-off Twenty20 match but, unfortunately, they could not stop the English cricketers from winning the tie.

"We fought really well in the last game. There wasn't any sign of letting the game go at any point of time. There was an odd mistake here and a bad decision here and there and it can cost you a game. We did really well to fight back but unfortunately we couldn't win the game," he said.