The Ageas Bowl has got this opportunity to host WTC final chiefly because it has an in-house hotel and is therefore ideally suited to meet the biosecurity requirements of both teams. Only comfort for India that WTC final is being played at Southampton where the history has suggested that spinners have a lot for them than the seamer friendly London green tops.
This may have made them favourite going into the WTC final, but Indian batting look much stronger on paper. The victory in the second Test has come at a point when Kiwis were playing without six of their regulars, including their skipper Kane Williamson. With India squad confined to quarantine ever since reaching England on June 2, New Zealand have so far played two five-day Test matches against the hosts. Kiwis, on the other hand, had fought hard to achieve a 1-1 parity in Sri Lanka.
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While India swept the series in West Indies 2-0, they tasted similar defeat at the hands of Black Caps. The challenge came in the form of away games. If India dumped South Africa, Bangladesh and England on home turfs, New Zealand thrashed West Indies and Pakistan in their backyards. However, both sides have shown utmost dominance at home. Looking at their will to fight, and players who rise to the occasion in every difficult situation, right now Team India at WTC final is definitely a better team overseas than New Zealand. In fact, the same Kiwi side was crumbled 3-0 before Australia Down Under just before India reversed the trend that too after being dumped and dusted for 36 in Adelaide inside two-and-half days. Rather, Virat Kohli and boys are more eager to indulge in mind games against Kiwis by discussing how summer of 2020 changed the fortunes of this GenX of India. 1 Test team, New Zealand.ĭespite all odds, from getting no match practice to facing a side which has already played two Test matches against the host country, England, Team India is in no way in any mood to discuss all these adversities. With WTC final starting on June 18 at Southampton in England, this new age Indian team is once again ready to take on world’s No. Rather, there was only appreciation coming from all corners for the most-worthy finalists.
This victory has certainly removed the tag of “anxious travellers” from the back of every Indian player.Īnd that’s the reason when India reached the World Test Championship final, no cricket follower around the world was asking any questions. It was just beginning of the year 2021, precisely January 19, when two of India’s new stars, Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar, breached the Australian fortress at Gabba to Australia’s 31 Test unbeaten streak in Brisbane by chasing down a mammoth 326-run target. Nulla ut turpis in diam dapibus consequat.New Delhi: It was decided then and there in Gabba, Brisbane, Australia, when Team India defeated a full-strength home side without their first-choice playing eleven and also in the absence of its regular skipper Virat Kohli. Maecenas semper suscipit nunc, sed aliquam sapien convallis eu. Suspendisse fermentum sem sagittis ante venenatis egestas quis vel justo. In imperdiet eros id lacus vestibulum vestibulum. Vestibulum nec erat ut mi sollicitudin porttitor id sit amet risus. Quisque volutpat augue enim, pulvinar lobortis nibh lacinia at. Fusce lorem leo, vehicula at nibh quis, facilisis accumsan turpis. Fusce rhoncus porttitor velit, eu bibendum nibh aliquet vel. Sed ullamcorper tellus erat, non ultrices sem tincidunt euismod. Integer et elit eget elit facilisis tristique. Vivamus adipiscing fermentum quam volutpat aliquam. Sed lobortis ultrices lacus, a placerat metus rutrum sit amet. Etiam tristique, elit ut consectetur iaculis, metus lectus mattis justo, vel mollis eros neque quis augue. Donec eget massa a diam condimentum pretium. Curabitur fermentum suscipit est, tincidunt mattis lorem luctus id. Maecenas eu varius risus, eu aliquet arcu. Sed sollicitudin ipsum quis nunc sollicitudin ultrices. Donec viverra eleifend lacus, vitae ullamcorper metus. Fusce vehicula dolor arcu, sit amet blandit dolor mollis nec. Etiam gravida mollis tortor quis porttitor. Mauris vitae ultricies metus, at condimentum nulla. Donec sagittis faucibus lacus eget blandit. Ut laoreet sodales nisi, quis iaculis nulla iaculis vitae. Vestibulum rutrum quam vitae fringilla tincidunt.
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