Stand-in India captain Virat Kohli has no regrets that his side lost the first test to Australia on Saturday after risking everything to try and snatch an unlikely win.
Set a daunting target of 364 on the final day, India spurned the chance to play safe and salvage a draw when they went for it, only to come up short when their lower-order batting collapsed in the final session.
For Kohli, who led India's assault with a brilliant century, the 48-run loss was a bittersweet result but the batsman praised his team mates for throwing caution to the wind.
"I'm really proud of the way the boys played," Kohli told a news conference.
"At no point did we back off. And we are not going to back off either. If at any stage that we had in mind that we might play for a draw, we would have lost by 150 runs, to be honest.
"So we went for it. That is what I am happy about."
He scored centuries in each innings, including a career-best 141 on Saturday before he was caught in the deep, effectively ending India's chances of winning.
"I went for my shot. I don't have any regrets," he said.
