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Kohli addresses media before World cup tour

Pratidin Bureau

The Cricket World Cup is finally back again after a long wait of4 years. The ICC World Cup is scheduled to start on May 30 in England.

Two-time world champions India is gearing up hard to win thetournament as they have quite a strong squad in place and are desperate to winthe trophy.

Ahead of the team's flight to England, today the team Indiaskipper Virat Kohli and head coach Ravi Shastri addressed the media. Kohli saidthat the Indian team is fully prepared for the challenge.

Kohli answered questions on various topics ranging from KedarJadav's injury to Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal who are the most importantpillars of the team's bowling unit.

On the other hand, Ravi Shastri said that MS Dhoni is someonewhose communication has been fantastic with Virat and is a big player in theWorld Cup.

However, the "Men in Blue" will not be making any changes of theteam as the ICC deadline on making changes expires on May 23.

India is scheduled to play two warm-up matches before they begintheir match against South Africa on June 5 at Southampton.

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