England coach Trevor Bayliss has pointed out India’s over-reliance on Virat Kohli, who aggregated 200 runs in the first Test at Edgbaston but couldn’t save his team from suffering an agonizing 31-run defeat. India were bowled out for 274 and 162 in their first and second innings, with rest of the 10 players contributing only 214 runs.

Virat finished the match as the leading run-scorer from either side. While the Indian captain registered his maiden Test ton (149) on English soil in the first innings, he scored a flawless 51 in the second innings. Consequently, Kohli jumped past Steve Smith to clinch the no. 1 spot in ICC’s Test rankings for batsmen.

"If he's not the best batter, he's very close to it. The way he played the first and second innings was high-class stuff," Bayliss quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.

"If we can put pressure on the other batters in the team, that's going to add to the pressure on him," he added.

The brilliance of Virat Kohli can also be determined by the fact that he scored 22 percent of all runs in the Test match. This shows that the hosts are also struggling with their batting.

Across both of England's innings, there were only three batsmen in the top six who managed to cross the 30-run mark. No wonder, Bayliss believes it is the biggest issue to address.

"We're very much in the hunt here. When the ball's moving, we've shown that a few of their guys do struggle against the moving ball. I'm sure that they'll be going away working out how they can play it as we're going to be working on how to play the off spin,” Bayliss remarked.

"Certainly but I don't think it's any different for us. We've got a few guys who are not necessarily cemented in the team and that puts extra pressure on people like Root, Bairstow and those guys to make the big scores. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a concern. It always has been: losing plenty of wickets in quick succession," he explained.

Both sides were also terrible in the slip cordon. England spilled four catches, including Kohli on 21 by Dawid Malan in the first innings. Bayliss, however, sees it more as an issue of confidence rather than personnel.

"The more it gets spoken about in situations here like this. Just that bit of anxiety or stiffening of hands as it comes along. We're doing plenty of work on it. It's just disappointing, more so for them than anyone else," he concluded.