The secret of Team India's impressive performance in the World Cup has been revealed by wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik and he has said that all 15 players are associated with the team in such a way that anyone can be given a chance in the next match. Players in the playing XI and other squad players practice the same and wait for a chance.

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"All the 15 players in this team are preparing for each match as they can play at any time," Karthik added, adding that "I am saying this because we get only a handful of chances and obviously when they tell us we don't. Only when we're playing will we know whether we're playing or not. However, we then practice as if we could join the final XI.

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In fact, it is a speciality of captain Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri that the entire exercise is done by them, whether it is in the final XI or not," Karthik said. The same is done with players who do not play.

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