Young Indian batsman Virat Kohli on Sunday said the Indian team was ‘shocked’ that the hosts did not go for victory in the dying moments of the match, which ended in an exciting draw.

“Everyone was pretty shocked honestly, we didn’t think that they would stop going for the score because with eight runs an over and with Philander striking the ball pretty well and he can bat, we have seen that in the past,” Kohli, who was adjudged Man-of-the-match for scoring 215 runs in two innings, said.

“I don’t know what happened. We had our plans and that was going for the wickets but to see them not going for that score was pretty surprising for all of us.