00:00 That's huge. That is a piggy. It's out of here.
00:06 I just wanted to ask the likes of Jinkya Rane, Shancham and Umesh Adhav.
00:13 I have already said that the World Test Championship Final is equivalent to playing the World Cup Final.
00:17 Do you feel the same or does adding such tags increase the pressure?
00:20 See, it's the first time that you have a Test Championship Final.
00:24 When you look at that and the magnitude of the game that's going to be played,
00:32 I think this is the biggest. If not the biggest ever.
00:38 Because it's the toughest form of the game. It's a format that tests you.
00:44 It's not happened over three days or three months. It's happened over two years.
00:48 Teams have played each other around the world and earned their stripes to play the final.
00:54 So, it's one heck of an event.
00:56 Yeah, I agree with the same. I think this holds a lot of value.
01:02 Especially, this being the first of its kind and in the toughest format as I mentioned.
01:09 All of us take a lot of pride in playing Test cricket.
01:13 And the way we have progressed as a side is an example of what Test cricket means to us.
01:19 So, for all of us as a unit, those who have been part of the Test side for many years,
01:24 this is like an accumulation of all the hard work of not just the duration of the Championship,
01:29 but of the last five, six years since the time we started really coming up the ranks and building as a side.
01:35 We are just very, very happy to have the opportunity to play the finals.
01:39 Ideally, going forward, I think best of three would have been ideal.
01:42 But we have got to finish it as quickly as possible because of the FTP that will start all over again.
01:49 So, one-off is a one-off. And the guys have earned their stripes.
01:52 I mean, this is not a team that has suddenly blossomed overnight.
01:56 Like Virat said, five, six years. Five years, number one.
01:59 And when you start being on top or playing cricket at the highest level and competing against the best,
02:05 you have the ability to pull yourself out of tough situations.
02:09 As you have seen time and time again. Not just Australia, not just England.
02:13 If you see over the last two years, there have been many times where this side has pulled itself out of big problems
02:21 and then gone on to win series. So, I think a final is a great victory for the boys, really.
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