WTC Final: India pose a very strong challenge for New Zealand, says Kane Williamson

New Zealand, who are usually seen as the underdogs going into a big event, have been touted as favourites for the WTC final beginning on Friday (June 18).

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson on Thursday (June 17) said a place in the World Test Championship final against India is a testament to the team’s growth over the past two years but he is not reading too much into the favourites tag given to his side. Williamson’s team is arguably the strongest side that New Zealand have ever had and the skipper said the WTC final will be about building on the good work that they have done over the past 24 months. “There’s been a lot of growth over a period of time so many challenges along the way every day but the team has bought into it and tried to move past those with a good attitude,” Williamson said on the eve of the final. “There is lot of hard work done over a long period of time to find ourselves here in the first final (of WTC). It’s exciting but for us it’s just focusing on continuing that growth and trying to keep committing to the parts of our game that give us the best chance and that's where I know the guys will be focusing on. We are trying to look at the long game and try and improve all the time.”