World Test Championship Final 2025: To save the diminishing influence of Test cricket, the ICC started the World Test Championship in 2019. The first final was played in 2021 and the second title clash in 2023. Both times India has reached the final, but it had to face defeat at the hands of New Zealand and Australia respectively. The 2025 final is approaching and India is currently at the top of the points table. Before that, let us know why India had to face defeat both the times?
Why did we lose against New Zealand?
In the first final of the World Test Championship, New Zealand defeated the Indian team by a huge margin of 8 wickets. Playing with 2 spin bowlers in that match proved to be the biggest mistake of Team India, who struggled to take wickets. At the same time, India’s batting was useless in both the innings. After scoring 149 runs for 3 wickets in the first innings, Team India was all out for 217 runs. In the second innings too, the team was reduced to a score of 170 due to losing wickets at regular intervals.
Reasons for defeat against Australia
In the 2023 final, Australia registered an easy 209-run win against India. In the first innings, the Indian bowlers looked completely helpless, due to which the Kangaroo team was able to score 469. At the same time, like the 2021 final, India’s batsmen failed to make big partnerships this time too. Due to poor bowling, India got a huge target of 444 runs in the fourth innings. At the same time, not playing Ravichandran Ashwin in this final also proved to be a big mistake of Team India.
Preparing for the 2025 finals
As soon as Gautam Gambhir became the head coach, a lot of attention is being given to the Test team. Even the players have been asked to play domestic matches. Except for some senior players including Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, all the players were seen playing in the first round of Duleep Trophy 2024.
Playing more in the longer format will definitely help the Indian players perform better in the upcoming Test series. If Team India reaches the 2025 final, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will remain in the team, while Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal will also have to take up the responsibility of top order batting. While Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah can be seen handling fast bowling, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin can be seen handling spin bowling.
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