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  • World Test Championship ultimate dates reworked, to happen from June 18-22

    Image Source : GETTY Lord’s Cricket Ground
    The begin of the inaugural World Test Championship ultimate has been pushed again by eight days and can now start at Lord’s on June 18, protecting in thoughts the proximity with the subsequent IPL’s summit showdown.
    The ultimate of the inaugural championship was tentatively scheduled to start on June 10 on the iconic venue in London.

    However, because the Indian Premier League ultimate can also be anticipated to be performed across the similar dates, it may have difficult the quarantine schedule of the collaborating gamers.

    “The WTC Final will now be played from June 18-22 and June 23 will be the reserve day. As background we pushed it back to allow for any quarantine that may be imposed, particularly given the close proximity to the end of the IPL and the original dates) so driven by quarantine,” a BCCI supply informed PTI.
    The IPL schedule has not been finalised as but however it’s anticipated to conclude in direction of the tip the May.
    There is a detailed combat between India, Australia and New Zealand to compete for the title. India are main the desk with 430 factors (PCT 71.7), adopted by New Zealand (420, PCT 70) and Australia (332, PCT 69.2).
    India just lately jumped to the highest of the desk, following their 2-1 win within the four-match sequence in Australia. 

  • World Test Championship remaining dates reworked, to happen from June 18-22

    The begin of the inaugural World Test Championship remaining has been pushed again by eight days and can now start at Lord’s on June 18, protecting in thoughts the proximity with the following IPL’s summit showdown.
    The remaining of the inaugural championship was tentatively scheduled to start on June 10 on the iconic venue in London.
    However, because the Indian Premier League remaining can also be anticipated to be performed across the identical dates, it may have sophisticated the quarantine schedule of the collaborating gamers.
    “The WTC Final will now be played from June 18-22 and June 23 will be the reserve day. As background we pushed it back to allow for any quarantine that may be imposed, particularly given the close proximity to the end of the IPL and the original dates) so driven by quarantine,” a BCCI supply informed PTI.

    The IPL schedule has not been finalised as but however it’s anticipated to conclude in direction of the tip the May.
    There is an in depth battle between India, Australia and New Zealand to compete for the title. India are main the desk with 430 factors (PCT 71.7), adopted by New Zealand (420, PCT 70) and Australia (332, PCT 69.2).

    India just lately jumped to the highest of the desk, following their 2-1 win within the four-match collection in Australia.

  • World Test Championship: New Zealand nonetheless in hunt for top-two end, says Kane Williamson

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    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Kane Williamson
    New Zealand captain Kane Williamson known as the World Test Championship (WTC) factors ‘a carrot’ to win matches however refused to look too far forward to the WTC ultimate subsequent yr saying that he’d reasonably deal with the current.
    “Our focus is on the present. Absolutely, we want to play the World Test Championship final, and we saw it in the final session today, when there was that carrot in mind. But in Tests, you know that it’s all about going moment by the moment, and that’s what you play with,” mentioned Williamson after his workforce defeated Pakistan by 101 runs to take a 1-0 lead within the two-Test sequence.

    “It (to play in the World Test Championship final) provides the context and added intensity, specially when it comes down to crunch moments like we saw today in the last session…. It’s moment by moment for five days, that’s why there’s so much enjoyment out of playing the game. It’s good that we are still in the hunt for that (top-two finish) but we know that there’s still a lot more cricket to be played,” mentioned Williamson whose workforce is third behind Australia and India within the factors desk.

    Pakistan had been, at one level, trying to attract the Test via centurion Fawad Alam and skipper Mohammed Rizwan. The two added 165 runs for the fifth wicket and consumed 63.2 out of the 90 overs on the ultimate day.
    “They (the bowlers) were outstanding. Kept passing the bat. The conditions were a bit different from what we’re used to, but it also brought the spinner into play. Full credit to Pakistan for the way they fought on the last day, and brought the draw into play. We have a number of leaders in the team to bounce a few ideas off and get a different perspective.”
    Losing captain Rizwan blamed his facet’s fielding and batting for the loss. He praised tempo bowler Neil Wagner for bowling with an injured toe.
    “New Zealand did very well, our guys fought well, but I must give credit to Wagner who bowled with an injured toe,” mentioned Rizwan.

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  • BCCI announces team India’s playing XI for the first test against Australia

    The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)  on Wednesday announced the team India’s playing XI for the first Border-Gavaskar Test against Australia starting tomorrow in Adelaide.

    India’s playing XI: Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami, and Jasprit Bumrah.

    The Virat Kohli-led side has chosen to go in with three seamers and one spinner in the first Test. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, and Umesh Yadav are the three pacers while Ravichandran Ashwin has been chosen as the lone spinner.

    With the four-match Test series against Australia set to get underway on Thursday, Virat Kohli-led India will be looking to close the gap with table-toppers Australia in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points table.

    India holds third place in the ICC Men’s Test team rankings with 114 rating points, whilst Australia top the rankings with 116.46 rating points. New Zealand follows closely in second with 116.37 rating points.

    New Zealand is very close to reaching the ICC World Test Championship final in 2021 after securing back-to-back innings wins against the West Indies. India will now feel the pressure as the race to the World Test Championship final heats up. Australia and India will fight it out in a four-Test series as the hosts look to build on their narrow lead at the top of the table. If New Zealand overcome Pakistan 2-0 in the two-Test series which starts on December 26, they will finish on 420 points from five series.