After the postponement of IPL 2021, the focus of cricket fans has shifted to the World Test Championship (WTC) final, slated to be played between India and New Zealand in Southampton from June 18-22.

With exactly a month to go for the historic game, Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson expressed his excitement as he considers showdowns against Virat Kohli's men to be a "fantastic challenge".

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"When we play against India, it has always been a fantastic challenge and so it is really exciting to be playing against them," Williamson said in a video posted by the ICC on its Twitter handle.

"It's really, really exciting to be involved in the final, obviously to win it would be that much better," said the 30-year-old, considered one of the best current batsmen in the world.

Commenting on the inaugural edition of World Test Championship, Williamson said: "We saw the contests in the WTC has brought real excitement.

"... the games were really tight such as in the India-Australia series and our series against Pakistan as well where you had to really fight hard to get the results, which is really great."

New Zealand speedster Neil Wagner also featured in the video and he acknowledged that India possess fast bowlers who can exploit the English conditions.

"India has a lot of quality fast bowlers who have done well in different conditions, they can swing (the ball) under overcast conditions but when the sun comes out it (wicket) is flat and nothing happens," he stated.

"(English) Conditions can change throughout and so I am not getting carried away too much, trying to control the controllables."

India batsman Hanuma Vihari, who is currently plying his trade in the county championship for Warwickshire, said it would be a great feeling to represent his country in the WTC final.

"I am excited but I would want to be in that moment and not to get too much carried away by the importance of the situation," he said.

"But as a sportsman, to play for India in the final of inaugural World Test Championships is always a great feeling," added the 27-year-old batsman.

Before the WTC final, New Zealand will play England in two Tests at Lord’s (June 2-6) and Edgbaston (June 10-14) and majority of the Kiwi Test contingent have arrived in UK.

Team India are expected to reach in the first week of June after serving a stern quarantine in Mumbai.

(With PTI inputs)