Rohit Sharma says WTC final is 'far ahead' as two Tests against Eng is first priority

Team India's opening batsman Rohit Sharma has said that finals of World Test Championship (WTC) is too far ahead, and side is just focusing on following right process. India and England will be locking horns in all-important third Test match at Ahmedabad's Motera Stadium on Wednesday. 

'It is too far ahead': Rohit Sharma

"To be honest, when we are playing game, focus is t on outside. We want to qualify for WTC finals, but we still to do a lot of things right to be re. We will be very happy to qualify for WTC finals, but re are little steps that we need to take before we reach finals. It is too far ahead still, we have got two Tests to play before that, we will see what happens after that," said Rohit during a virtual press conference on Sunday.

"You just have to focus on process, you do t need to think too far ahead. If you try to stay in present, I do t think you will feel any pressure. It is a five-day game, so focus and pressure changes every day. It is important to be in moment and think about what you need to do on given day to get best out of your skillset. When you do those little things right, it adds up and you achieve what you always wanted to achieve as a team," he added.

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India's WTC qualification scenario

If India win  ongoing series by at least a margin of 2-1, n side would qualify for finals of ICC World Test Championship. If Virat Kohli-led side do succeed in getting job done, n y would earn right to face New Zealand in ICC World Test Championship final that will be contested from June 18-22 at 'Mecca of Cricket' Lord's.

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Third Test to be a D/N affair

third Test match will be played under lights with pink-ball. This will be second time that India will be hosting pink-ball Test match and third overall. ir first Day-Night Test was against Bangladesh at iconic Eden Gardens in vember 2019 where y had registered a comprehensive win.

However, Men In Blue's second Test match under lights which was also ir first one overseas turned out to be a forgettable one as y tasted bitter defeat at hands of Australia in December 2020 where Virat Kohli & Co. ended up registering ir lowest-ever Test score of 36. Coming back to India-England series, currently, four-match Test series is leveled at 1-1. After suffering a humiliating 227-run loss in series opener at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai last week, a determined Indian team std a remarkable comeback in second Test match at same venue to hand a mammoth 317-run defeat to visitors.

(With ANI Inputs)

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