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Winning the World Test Championship (WTC) is just like lifting the World Cup trophy, believes India’s Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane. After struggling a surprising 227-run loss within the first Test in opposition to England, the hosts got here again sharply to win the subsequent two Tests, knocking the Joe Root-led facet out of the WTC last in opposition to New Zealand within the course of.
The Indian crew, at the moment main by 2-1, must win or draw the ultimate Test of the sequence to qualify for the ultimate of inaugural WTC at Lord’s.
“Absolutely, Ishant was spot on in what he said. Winning the WTC is equal to winning the World Cup. We are all focusing on that, having said that, the focus right now is to play the fourth Test against England. Ishant was completely right,” stated Rahane in a digital press convention forward of the fourth Test.
Rahane additionally talked in regards to the much-debated floor at Motera, which was beneath scrutiny after the pink-ball Test was wrapped up inside two days. Rahane, who has managed to attain simply 85 runs within the ongoing sequence in opposition to England, believes that one has to again his defensive potential on seaming and spinning tracks.
“When you play on spinning tracks, it’s a must to play the road and you recognize that. In India, we have not performed so many video games within the final two-three years.
“When you play on that spinning and seaming wickets, it’s all about playing the line, when the ball is spinning too much, you do not have to think about it, you just have to play the line, if you miss the ball, you miss the ball. Backing your defence and ability on seaming and spinning wicket is something we follow,” stated Rahane.
Earlier, pacer Ishant Sharma had additionally stated that successful the WTC will probably be like successful the World Cup.
“I am just focused on how to win this series and qualify for the finals of the WTC. I just play one format, WTC is like a World Cup for me, if we play the finals and then we go on to win, the feeling would be the same as winning the World Cup or the Champions Trophy,” Ishant had stated.
