Ajaz Patel, the Indian-born New Zealand spinner, is getting goosebumps thinking about playing against his birth country in the marquee World Test Championship Final (WTC) at Southampton. Ajaz Patel believes he has gone ‘full circle’ and is set to create myriad stories and memories for the future. Ajaz Patel was born and brought up in Mumbai. […]
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India Holds Edge In WTC Final For Getting All Bases Covered: Sridharan Sriram
Sridharan Sriram, former India batsman and assistant coach of Australia is expecting an intense Word Test Championship (WTC) final between India and New Zealand at Southampton in England next month. Having toured England in recent times as part of the Australian coaching staff, he believes that India holds the edge and tips the Virat Kohli-led […]
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WTC Final At Southampton May See 4,000 Fans In Attendance
WTC Final in England between India and New Zealand may be attended by 4000 fans. For the first time since September 2019, fans were allowed for a cricket game in England on Wednesday (May 19) which earnestly increased the chances of crowd turnout for India’s World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand next month. […]
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Rishabh Pant Will Have A Huge Role To Play In The WTC Final, Says Saba Karim
Rishabh Pant has hit several match-winning and match-saving knocks against Australia and England to bolster his reputation in world cricket as there have been many contributing factors to India’s success in the longest format of the game in recent times. However, the contribution of one player-keeper Rishabh Pant has been immense in the last two […]
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Umesh Yadav Not Tensed About His Chances Of Being In Playing XI For WTC Final From June 18
Umesh Yadav said he is not tensed about his chances of making it to the playing XI for the WTC final against New Zealand in England next month from June 18 at Southampton. The right-arm pacer, who last played Test cricket in December 2020, against Australia, before injuring himself said he is keeping himself motivated […]
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New Zealand Is A Big Hurdle To Cross In WTC Final, Says Sanjay Manjrekar
Sanjay Manjrekar, former India cricketer-turned-commentator has favoured New Zealand over India purely on the basis of conditions that are on offer at the venue of the World Test Championship (WTC) final, Southampton. In his column for Hindustan Times, Sanjay Manjrekar further wrote that the key to doing well in England is to play close to […]
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Cricketers For England And WTC Final Testing COVID-19 Positive Can Consider Tour Over: BCCI
BCCI has clearly told the India Test squad to isolate themselves till the time they assemble in Mumbai and board flight to England and those testing positive for the coronavirus can consider their tour over. Last week, BCCI named a 20-man squad for the England tour where they will play six Tests including the final of the […]
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ICC Confident That WTC Final Will Be Held As Per Schedule On June 18
ICC on Monday said it is confident that the World Test Championship final will be held as scheduled in Southampton despite the United Kingdom adding India to its travel ‘red list’ amid the surge of Covid-19 cases in the Asian country. The International Cricket Council on Monday said that it is confident of hosting the […]
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ICC Set To Amend Soft Signal Rule Before WTC Final Begins From June 18
ICC (International Cricket Council) is all set to amend its contentious ‘soft signal’ rule before the beginning of the World Test Championship (WTC) final in June. The soft signal rule is the on-field umpire’s call, based on which a batsman can be ruled out or not out by the third umpire. The contentious rule came […]
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Sourav Ganguly Confirmed WTC Final Will Be Played In Southampton
Sourav Ganguly, BCCI President has confirmed that the inaugural World Test Championship final, which was originally scheduled at Lord’s, between India and New Zealand will be held in Southampton from June 18. The ICC World Test Championship final, which was originally scheduled to be held at Lord’s in London, has been moved to Southampton according […]