India skipper Virat Kohli ruled out any sort of pressure on him ahead of the tour of England where India stand a chance to win the inaugural edition of the ICC World Test Championship.
Addressing a virtual press conference from Mumbai along with the head coach Ravi Shastri, Kohli said that his main focus and goal is to take Team India in a forward direction. He said that helping each other in a team helps in building a team environment and he is under no pressure till he is giving his best and helping his teammates in their journey.
"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," Kohli said.
India will not have a lot of practice and time to acclimatise to the England conditions due to Covid-19 related restrictions ahead of the WTC final which the coach Shastri rated as the biggest, if not the biggest tournament ever. But, Kohli downplayed the lack of preparation and chose to bank on the rich experience of playing in England over the years. He said that even the younger members of the side such as Mohammed Siraj has played some amount of cricket in England and hence India would not falter even with just four practice sessions.
"We don't mind 4 practice sessions. We have played in England before. Even the youngsters like Siraj have played in England for India A,” Kohli said.
India will be confident of their chances in the WTC final against New Zealand on the back of strong performances in Australia that too without the presence of skipper Kohli and all of the frontline pace bowlers such as Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah missing parts of the series due to injury.