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Biggest, if not biggest ever: Ravi Shastri, Virat Kohli highlight the importance of WTC Final

Kohli said that Team India takes a lot of pride in playing Test cricket and reaching the WTC final is a testament of that.

By Arnab Mukherji | Jun 2, 2021 | 2 Min Read

Team India captain Virat Kohli and head coach Ravi Shastri have discussed the importance of the final, of the maiden edition of the World Test Championship (WTC). The game will begin from June 18 with India and New Zealand facing off in an elite contest between two teams considered among the best in the business. Kohli and Shastri termed the WTC final as the biggest if not the biggest-ever final considering the magnitude of the game. The duo made these statements while speaking to the media through a virtual press conference before leaving for the UK.

“See it is the first time that you have a World Test Championship final. When you look at that and the magnitude of the game that is going to be played, I think this is the biggest, if not the biggest-ever. It is the toughest format of the game, it is a format that tests you. It has not happened over the three months, it has happened over two years where teams have played each other across the world and earned their right to play in the finals. It is one hell of an event,” said Shastri.

WTC final holds a lot of value

Kohli further stated that the Indian team takes a lot of pride in reaching the WTC final, emphasising on the value of the accomplishment from the team’s point of view.

“I agree. I think this holds a lot of value, especially this being the first of its kind. It is the toughest format as Ravi Bhai mentioned. We take a lot of pride in playing Test cricket and the way we have progressed as a side is an example of what Test cricket means to us. So for all of us as a unit, this is like an accumulation of all the hard work of the last five-six years where we started to come up the ranks as a side and we are just happy to take the opportunity to play the finals,” he said.

India recently registered their second successive Test series win in Australia, after beating the hosts 2-1 earlier this year and then followed it up with a 3-1 win over England at home to consolidate their position at the top of the ICC Test rankings.