Kohli's eyes on 2019 WC
Virat Kohli has his eyes firmly fixed on the World Cup in England and the Indian captain wants to "address" the selection issue in a transparent manner selecting "a bunch of 20-25 players", who will form the core group going into the marquee event in 2019.
Kohli will be facing some happy selection dilemmas with senior bowlers Umesh Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami all available for selection for the upcoming limited overs segment in India.
On the other hand, the junior spinners like Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have done more than decently in India's 5-0 'whitewash' against Sri Lanka.
"The best thing is transparency. We will address it and tell them that this is a bunch of 20-25 people, who will make the probable-list for the World Cup and everyone has an equal opportunity to be tested at different stages," Kohli said at the end of the ODI series against Sri Lanka.
Kohli reminded that it will be a challenge for all spinners, who are in contention for Cup berth.
"It's going to be a challenge among all the bowlers and the spinners that are going to be in the part of the bigger group to make it to the 2019 World Cup. As I said, we don't want to be predictable in any way and we want to have an X factor if possible with the bowling attack as well," he added.
"We will find the core group for World Cup quickly only if the guys perform in the next couple of big series coming up because then the mindset becomes different of taking anyone anywhere in the world. So I think those series will be very important for us to find the right balance as a team," Kohli said referring to the upcoming Australia and New Zealand series.
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