India’s middle-order batsman Hanuma Vihari, who is being praised all over the internet for his tremendous work in helping the people during the second wave of covid-19 in India feels that the men’s team could do great in the upcoming World Test Championship Final.
“We are in the finals and we are playing New Zealand, which is going to be challenging in these conditions, we all know that, but the Indian team can do outstanding things," Vihari, who is currently in England playing for Warwickshire in the County Championship 2021, after being unable to fetch an IPL contract for this season.
The Andhra player came into the limelight from his 161 ball 23* runs Test and tour saving innings for India against Australia in Sydney, in January this year. An injured Vihari along with Ravichandran Ashwin battled out 254 balls scoring only 62 runs and forcing a draw in a match that looked a certain loss for the Men in Blue.
The 27-year-old though has not been in form since his return from injury, scoring just a single fifty in his last 10 innings. Even in County Cricket, he has been a flop show till now, with just 100 runs in six innings at an average of 16.25 and with two ducks in his name.
But the Andhra skipper is confident that the experience of playing in England would not only help him in the WTC Final against New Zealand in Southampton but also in the subsequent five-match Test series against hosts England.
"I am trying to prepare in the best way possible for the WTC final and the England series. It's going to be interesting and exciting as well for all the Indian fans because it's the first edition of the WTC,” said Vihari who would join Team India on June 2, when the Blue brigade reaches England for the three-month-long stay.