Kohli told official broadcasters on the eve of the third ODI that he was "not happy with the approach of the team" which his detractors claimed to be a veiled attack on limited overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy.
Asked about questions of friction in the team and his opinion about team;'s approach, Kohli said,"I do not agree on that. I was not saying that I was not happy with that approach. I was saying that I am not happy with the way we have executed plans because we have not been able to do what we wanted to do. When I said 'We", it includes me also.
"I am very passionate about playing well for the country. Helping the team win and watching the guys playing in a particular way was the whole idea behind what I had said. I strongly believe that if you have plans you must go and try to execute and if they do not work then you can say that you could not achieve that. That is the whole idea behind what I have said," Kohli made it clear that he did not like the manner in which his statement was used out of context.