WTC Final 2023 | Rohit Sharma‘s India and Pat Cummins-led Australia are gearing up for the last word Test after they face one another within the World Test Championship Final 2023 at The Oval in London. India have reached their second successive WTC final, whereas the Aussies have reached right here for the primary time after falling quick within the earlier Test cycle. Meanwhile, because the followers wait for these two giants to have a crack at one another, former Australian participant Matthew Hayden has opened up on who will have the advantage within the Test championship final.
While talking to PTI, Hayden said that Australia would have had a huge advantage had the Test match been at Lord’s. But the venue at The Oval presents a extra evenly contest, Hayden pointed.
“Being at The Oval, it’s a good opportunity for it to be a venue which doesn’t necessarily favour one particular side or the other. It’s by tradition England’s bounciest, more even surfaces. It doesn’t favour the spinners, doesn’t really favour the seamers so it’s quite a neutral venue. It’s nice to see them playing in that venue in particular, had it been at the Lord’s, Australia would have had a huge advantage there,” he stated
Hayden additionally pointed that the Test championship places the relevance of Test cricket again and the 2 giants are going through one another. “The Test championship puts context to Test cricket relevance. And you’ve got two of the greatest nations in cricket, head to head in India and Australia,” the Aussie nice added.
‘Forget the outcomes, however purchase into the method’ Hayden
The former Australian opener additionally opened on India’s drought of ICC titles. He said that the Indian workforce must overlook about what the outcomes will be and slightly focus on the method. He said that cricket in India is a life and is within the DNA of many individuals, which places stress on the gamers. “It’s definitely not a query of talent. So, it must be a query of simply the chance and the mindset moving into.
I imply, cricket is life right here, it’s the DNA of sport and has no different opponents,” Hayden stated.
“In Australia, I could walk down the street and largely be unrecognised, especially with this terrible beard and hat on (laughs). But it’s also got great competitive sports besides cricket. Rugby, football, our watersports, surfing, outdoor sports, here in India it’s very insular and there’s a lot of pressure,” he added.
“So, that would be my advice to Indian cricket to forget the outcomes, but buy into the process,” stated probably the most harmful openers of his era,” Hayden said.
