Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, March 13: India has qualified for the World Test Championship final. They will take on Australia at The Oval for the World Test Championship 2023.
Taking to Twitter, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday, “India have qualified for the World Test Championship final! They’ll take on Australia at The Oval for the #WTC23 mace!”
India have qualified for the World Test Championship final!
They'll take on Australia at The Oval for the #WTC23 mace!
More: https://t.co/75Ojgct97X pic.twitter.com/ghOOL4oVZB
— ICC (@ICC) March 13, 2023
India had only two options to qualify for the WTC final. India had to defeat Australia by a margin of 3-1 or put their hopes on New Zealand.
On the final day of the 4th Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, India is close to the draw. But New Zealand went against the odds to defeat Sri Lanka in a dramatic fashion. On Day-5 when rain intervened to change the course of the game, the Kiwis still relied on their chances of chasing down a total of 285.
When the moment called Kane Williamson and Daryl Mitchell rose to the occasion to keep New Zealand in the game. Their partnership was the turning point of the entire series and for India as well. After Mitchell`s wicket, the game was wide open. Sri Lanka went on to pick up wickets at a regular level. But Williamson ensured that New Zealand maintained a consistent run rate.
Now, even if Sri Lanka manages to win the next Test, they will only go up to 52.78 points. That will still be behind India’s 56.94 if India goes on to lose the Ahmedabad Test. If they draw the game it looks most likely that India will finish on 58.80. Australia has already qualified: even if they lose in Ahmedabad, they will end with a percentage of 64.91.
