Not perturbed by the change in ICC Test ranking in which Pakistan displaced India as the No. 1 team, Indian skipper Virat Kohli said that rankings keep going up and down the main aim of his team was to become a very strong side in the world.

“Rankings keep going up and down, you don’t play for rankings, but you obviously want to be a very strong side in the world, and that’s always been our aim, to be the best side in the world. I wasn’t too excited when we became No. 1 because I knew that it’s pretty close, the other teams have played more games than us, and we need to play as many games. We will be able to assess ourselves as a side when we finish the whole season, so it’s fine,” said Kohli to BCCI.tv

Meanwhile, Kohli seemed to be quite impressed the way R Ashwin and Wridhiman Saha batted down the order. Ashwin scored two centuries in the series batting at No. 6, while Saha made his maiden Test ton in the third Test at St. Lucia. “For me, the biggest positive was Saha getting runs in the lower order plus Ashwin coming good at No. 6. Those were areas that were very important for us to solidify, and we have done that in this series. I’m pretty happy,” said Kohli to BCCI.tv.