London: Team India captain Virat Kohli has called New Zealand entitled to victory in the World Test Championship (WTC) final. Kohli said the result could have been something else if his team had scored 30 to 40 more runs in the second innings. India were bowled out for 170 in their second innings. After which New Zealand got a target of 139 runs, which they achieved by losing two wickets with the help of an unbeaten 96-run stand for the third wicket between Ken Williamson (52 not out) and Ross Taylor (47 not out).
Kohli said, 'Congratulations to Williamson and the entire New Zealand team. He showed amazing emotion and achieved the results in a little more than three days. They put us under pressure. They deserved the win, 'the New Zealand bowlers implemented their strategy well. We scored 30 to 40 runs less'. Virat further said that the rain disruption disturbed the rhythm of his team. He said, 'The first day was washed away due to rain, and when the game resumed it was hard to regain rhythm. We lost just three wickets, but if the game went on unabated, we could have scored more runs'.
New Zealand captain Williamson praised Kohli and Team India and termed them as special feeling of becoming champions. Williamson said, 'I express my gratitude to Virat and Team India. He's an incredible team, we knew how challenging it would be. I'm glad our team managed to win'.
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