Heading into the third Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, Team India had been in driver’s seat to qualify for his or her second successive World Test Championships Final after profitable back-to-back Tests in Nagpur and Delhi and main the sequence 2-0. However, Australia have roared again to win the third Test inside three days by 9 wickets to attract first blood but in addition guarantee their qualification to the maiden WTC Final, which is able to happen on the Oval in London from June 7.
India’s street to the WTC Final now will get complete lot more durable, though not not possible but. India maintain on to second place on the standings with 60.29 of their potential WTC factors and are within the field seat to qualify for the ultimate, they will nonetheless be overtaken by Sri Lanka ought to outcomes go towards Rohit Sharma’s workforce within the coming weeks.
A victory within the fourth Test towards Australia in Ahmedabad will guarantee India’s spot within the WTC Final, however one other victory for the guests or a draw will hold the door open for Sri Lanka to overhaul Rohit’s aspect and snatch the berth from India.
Sri Lanka have two Tests to play away from residence towards New Zealand this month and know they’ve to finish a 2-0 sequence sweep over the Kiwis to have any probability of snatching a spot within the WTC Final.
The victory on the Holkar Stadium on Friday (March 3) has helped Australia tally a formidable 68.52 of their potential WTC factors and which means they may end the present interval in first place on the World Test Championship standings whatever the end result within the last Test of their ongoing sequence towards India.
Australia – 68.52 factors
India – 60.29 factors
Sri Lanka – 53.33 factors
South Africa – 52.38 factors
England – 46.97 factors
#WTC23 Final sure _
Congratulations Australia. See you in June! _ pic.twitter.com/H2YdaWPzYV
— ICC (@ICC) March 3, 2023
“When you lose a Test match, there’s a lot of things that didn’t go our way. To start with, we didn’t bat well in the first innings. We understand how important it is to put runs on the board in the first innings. And obviously when they got a 80-90 run lead, we needed to put in a big performance with the bat but we couldn’t do that, taking just a 75-run lead. Honestly, we haven’t thought about it yet. We just finished this Test now so we need to regroup and try. We need to understand that we need to improve as a team,” Rohit mentioned after shedding the Test.
