Net run rate is on our mind: Virat Kohli as India hopes for T20 World Cup miracle

"Yes, that is the plan (to keep playing this way) but as I said, sometimes you just give in to the pressure. The other teams bowled really well to us. Yes, it (net run rate) was to be honest. We are always positive, and so we were thinking about it," he said at the post-match ceremony.

Sometimes, Kohli said, teams fall to the pressure if the top order have not scored enough.

"We spoke about the fact that in the other games, if we just had two overs of free-flowing batting, then that sends a message to the opposition that we are going to put you under the pump. When we do that, we know how we can play. Sometimes, you do fall to the pressure and have to accept that," he said.

Kohli also said it was a much better wicket than Dubai's.

"Top three is mostly settled unless situations like today when the openers batted all the way through and the power-hitters were ready. We don't always decide early to go hard, but we do back ourselves and when we do get going, we know what we can do," he added.

T20 cricket is a very instinctive game, in batting, bowling and decision-making and they make decisions on the go, Kohli added.