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Team India Leaves For CWC 2019

Team India has left for England to participate in World Cup (CWC 2019) . On Tuesday night, players of Team India took flight from Mumbai airport.

The most awaited World Cup 2019 will be played in England from May 30. Whereas Team India will start its campaign from June 5. In the first match, Team India will clash with South Africa.

Before leaving for London, Team India players were seen to be very relaxed at the Mumbai airport. Some players were busy on their laptops. While Captain Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and many other team-mates of the team have been enjoying laughing.

Earlier on Tuesday, captain Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri had press conference in Mumbai. Virat believes that this time the World Cup is extremely difficult. The format of the tournament has made the World Cup very interesting. In such a situation, the team will have to work hard to win every match.

Virat said, “This is the most challenging World Cup so far. Every team is good here. You take Afghanistan only. What it was in starting and now the team has become very hard to beat. In every match, you have to play with your full strength. In this CWC 2019, we can not take anything lightly. “

On the prospects of the team’s victory, Virat Kohli said, “It is not so difficult to play  ODI cricket in England as campared to Test cricket. We are confident that we will do well. The most important thing is to handle the pressure of the World Cup. All our bowlers in the IPL were bowling according to the World Cup. Our bowlers are ready. To be honest, we all have the capacity to win the World Cup if we play according to our ability. ‘

Team India for CWC 2019

Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja

CWC 2019 – warm-up fixtures

DateTeamsVenue
22-MayWI vs AUSSouthampton
24-MayPAK vs  AFGBristol
24-MaySL vs SACardiff
25-MayENG vs AUSSouthampton
25-MayIND vs NZThe Oval
26-MaySA vs WIBristol
26-MayPAK vs BANCardiff
27-MayAUS vs AFGSouthampton
27-MayENG vs AFGThe Oval
28-MayWI vs NZBristol
28-MayBAN vs INDCardiff

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