ICC World Cup 2019: World Cup Will Always be the Most Important Tournament - Virat Kohli
Published - 17 May 2019, 05:48 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:00 AM
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The upcoming ICC World Cup 2019 in England and Wales have started to take a firm grip on the mind of the cricket lovers. The tournament will start from May 30 with England playing South Africa at the Oval. Indian National Cricket Team, who will enter the competition as one of the favourites will begin their campaign from June 5. With only weeks to go for the marquee event, their skipper Virat Kohli has admitted that the World Cup will always be the most prestigious tournament.
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World Cup is the most important tournament: Kohli
Meanwhile, the Men in Blues have done significantly well in the last 18 months. They have defeated heavyweight teams like South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand at their home to show their dominance in this format of the game. However, they lost the last series 2-3 against Australia at home just before the Indian Premier League. But Virat Kohli had said that this defeat will have no bearing on his side during the World Cup.
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As the whole team gear up to leave for England, Virat Kohli has revealed that the World Cup is the most important tournament in the World Cup. He also admitted that this win will be at par with India’s Test series win Down Under earlier this year.
“I would put the win in Australia at par with the World Cup,” Kohli told the Times of India. “Look, you cannot place a World Cup win below anything else. It is a global tournament, and the significance and the charm of the tournament is something else. It is always going to be the most important tournament in world cricket,” he added.
Meanwhile, this will be the first time Virat Kohli will lead a team in the World Cup. He will be desperate to put his best foot forward to bring home the glory. Although he has looked a bit off during the recently concluded IPL, Kohli will be a force to reckon with in the showpiece event when India begin their campaign on June 5.
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