Mumbai: After spending 14 days in quarantine, Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli are addressing the media before leaving for England. "There's no pressure on me. I don't have any pressure on me. I have no ulterior motive, my only aim is to take Indian cricket ahead. What matters for us that we help each other," Captain Kohli said.
Throughout the entire press conference, Virat Kohli was looking and sounding extremely confident. Here are some of the quotes that will excite Indian cricket fans:
"We have worked hard for finals and nobody can take that away from us!"
"There was no doubt we were gonna be featuring in the WTC Final"
"It's like football, we gotta keep our standards high"
Kohli also spoke of the importance of mental health, he said, "There has to be a channel open, for players to approach the management to tell that I have a problem," Kohli on the mental pressures."
The World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and New Zealand will be played at Southampton on 18 June. Team India finished as the No. 1 side with 72.2 percentage points to secure their place in the World Test Championship finals, following their 3-1 win against England at home.
The selectors have included Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidha Krishna, Avesh Khan, and Arzan Nagwaswalla in the team as standby players. Opening batsman Ishwaran and fast bowler Avesh Khan were also part of team India during the Test series against England.
India’s squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul (subject to fitness clearance), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper; subject to fitness clearance).