Dilip Vengsarkar said lack of match practice may hurt India in WTC final.

Dilip Vengsarkar said lack of match practice may hurt India in WTC final.

World Test Championship Final : Former India Batsman Dilip Vengsarkar said a lack of match practice ahead of the final against New Zealand may hurt even the best players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

Team India reached England on Thursday and headed into a three day quarantine in Southampton, the venue for the match that is from June 18.

Vengsarkar said that Kohli and Rohit are in very good form but lack of competitive time in the middle might affect their performance atleast in the tour opening WTC final.

Vengsarkar the former chairman of selectors , told PTI on Sunday : Well he (Kohli) has been around for a long time. He is one of the best batsman in world cricket at the moment. Players like Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma , they are world class players, they take a lot of pride in their performance and pride in winning matches for India.”

“India is a better team and in good form. The advantage with New Zealand , it is a low profile team, the thing is that they are getting to play two Test matches before the Test match (WTC final), said Vengsarkar.

He further added “It is a good thing and both are in a very good form. But having said that , I think lack of match practice may hurt them in the first Test match that is what I feel.”