On Friday, the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli, who landed in England with the rest of the squad on Thursday, took to Instagram to share a picture of himself from the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, which is the venue for the World Test Championship final. Kohli posted a picture on his Instagram story in which he was all smiles, standing on the balcony of the Southampton stadium with the ground in the background.
In the picture, the Indian skipper can be seen wearing a black t-shirt, added a heart-eye emoji in his Instagram story to express his feelings about the venue. Here is the picture posted by Virat Kohli:
Kohli will be leading the Indian team in the final of the fnaIndia in the World Test Championship final against New Zealand, starting June 18 as well as the subsequent five-match Test series against England. Before leaving for the UK, Kohli, in a virtual pre-departure press conference, said that both teams are on “equal terms” as far the conditions in Southampton are concerned.
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Virat Kohli had said, “The conditions (in England) are as potent for us as New Zealand… We are going to board the flight thinking that we’re on equal terms and whichever team performs well session-by-session, hour-by-hour is going to win that championship.”
The Indian team, after quarantining in Mumbai, boarded the flight to London late on Wednesday and arrived at the Heathrow airport on Thursday.
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On Friday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared a video on Twitter in which left-arm spinner Axar Patel revealed the details of the team’s quarantine schedule that they have to follow in England and they will be undergoing hard quarantine for thredays after which they will be allowed to train.
