India will not take undue stress in England in their defense of the Champions Trophy title, captain, Virat Kohli said on Wednesday. "the first assignment is to now not reflect on consideration on the reality that we are protecting the title.
The last time, we enjoyed our cricket and ended up triumphing and in the procedure created a group which did well for lengthy.
we've got a few modifications now however the attitude is comparable - to revel in the cricket and the outcomes will follow. We've got done it within the last couple of years.
In test cricket we've got reached the pinnacle. Ruthlessness is something we communicate all the time to shut collection off. We are able to go together with that mind-set," he brought.
India received the ICC world Cup at domestic in 2011 and went on to expose their supremacy through winning Champions Trophy as well in 2013, defeating hosts England in the final.
India gained the Champions Trophy underneath Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kohli who is leading India for the first time in an ICC occasion said the outlet pair of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan became the large gains from that tournament.
remaining time, the most important take ways from the tournament become the hole of Rohit and Shikhar, It became a huge thing plus Ashwin and Jadeja, the way they bowled. We had the pleasant fielding facet returned then. We would love to paste to the equal strengths. Those elements can be vital in England," said Kohli.
Kohli revealed that he would love to look Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh roll lower back the years and play with identical freedom as they did over the last ODI series in opposition to England.
"Dhoni and Yuvi have quite a few enjoy, they want freedom to play their recreation," he brought.
Defending champions India may be starting their campaign in opposition to Pakistan at Edgbaston, Birmingham on 4th June amidst worrying bilateral relations between the two countries.
India have been the dominant facet within the world T20 and the 50-over world Cup, main Pakistan 11-zero.
However, in the Champions Trophy, Pakistan have a advanced report with wins against India's first win over their competitors coming handiest in the remaining edition, in 2013.
The Champions Trophy is scheduled to begin from 1 June when hosts England take on Bangladesh at the same time as India will start their marketing campaign three days later.
The men in Blue remaining received the event in 2013 when they defeated England within the final with the aid of five runs under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
After playing Pakistan, India are scheduled to play Sri Lanka on eight June and South Africa on 11 June in London.
Indian Squad for champions trophy
- Virat Kohli
- Rohit Sharma
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Yuvraj Singh
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Dinesh Karthik
- Kedar Jadhav
- MS Dhoni
- Hardik Pandya
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Bhuvenshwar Kumar
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Umesh Yadav
- Mohammed Shami
