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Kohli Sets Sights On 'One Big Game' To Win World Test Championship

India crushed Joe Root's side inside three days in the fourth Test in Ahmedabad on Saturday to clinch the series 3-1 and finish top of the Test Championship table ahead of New Zealand. India had l

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By AFP News March 07, 2021 • 11:42 AM
Cricket Image for Kohli Sets Sights On 'One Big Game' To Win World Test Championship
Cricket Image for Kohli Sets Sights On 'One Big Game' To Win World Test Championship (Virat Kohli (Image Source: AFP))
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India crushed Joe Root's side inside three days in the fourth Test in Ahmedabad on Saturday to clinch the series 3-1 and finish top of the Test Championship table ahead of New Zealand.

India had led the standings until November when a change in the points system because of disruption brought by the coronavirus pandemic promoted Australia to the top spot.

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The new system, based on the percentage of points instead of total points, left India with the daunting task of needing to win the Test series away in Australia and at home against England to make the final. 

"We are relieved that now we have made it to the final," Kohli told Board of Control for Cricket in India TV.

"Probably if you look at the last two-and-half years how we have played, we deserve to be in that final. Now it's just about getting together as a group again and focusing on that one big game which is quite exciting for all of us."


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