IND vs AUS: India’s captain Rohit Sharma has referred to as for an enormous change within the calendar of the World Test Championship after his workforce went down to Australia within the last of WTC 2023. India suffered a 209-run heartbreaking loss because the Aussies wrapped the Men in Blue for 234 runs within the chase of 444 at The Oval. Meanwhile, after the loss, Sharma spoke to the media, pointing to an enormous change to be made in WTC.
Sharma stated that there must be a three-match collection for WTC Finals relatively than a one-off Test. “I would like to play a 3-Test match series for the World Test Championship Final. We worked hard and we fought but we played just 1 game. I think a 3-match series would be ideal in the next WTC cycle,” Sharma stated in a post-match press convention.
Notably, earlier Virat Kohli had advocated for an identical change. After India’s loss in WTC Final 2021, Kohli had requested for a better of three WTC Finals. However, he acknowledged that the 2021 WTC end result was not a part of the opinion.
Meanwhile, India have reached the finals of the Test Championships on each events however have fallen quick on the ultimate hurdle each instances. Earlier, it was New Zealand, who defeated the Men in Blue by 8 wickets and now the Aussies have stored India at bay with a thumping 209-run victory.
Sharma additionally opened up on the explanations for India’s loss to Australia within the summit conflict. “I think we began well with winning the toss, putting them to bat in those conditions. We were good with the ball in the first session and then we let ourselves down with how we bowled. We need to give credit to the Australian batters. Head came in and played really well along with Steven Smith. That just took us off guard a little bit,” Rohit stated after the loss.
Sharma heaped reward on Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur’s batting effort within the first innings and in addition acknowledged that the workforce was not good with the bat within the second innings.
“I think it was a great fightback from Rahane and Shardul after we were 5 down for 150. They stood up and put up a good partnership there and kept us in the hunt. We bowled pretty well in the second innings. But then again we didn’t apply ourselves with the bat. It was a good surface to bat on. All five days the pitch behaved pretty well and we didn’t capitalise,” Sharma stated.
