WTC 2023: India and Australia are getting ready to face off in the World Test Championship 2023 final as they compete to become the second World Champions in the longest version of the game. Beginning on June 7, fans may watch the two teams compete at The Oval in London. Ricky Ponting, a former captain of Australia, has emphasised his desire for a goal-oriented game ahead of the summit match.
The cricket community, according to Ponting, would not want a game to end in a tie, therefore he would encourage the two captains to play aggressive cricket and go all out to ensure a victory.
“Oh, see. I believe that the entire cricket-loving globe deserves to witness an unbelievably fantastic Test match. We don’t want a game to end in a tie, you know. Let’s go out there and play excellent, hard, aggressive Test cricket, I would be telling both captains. And let’s simply consider it, let’s make sure there’s a result in the end,” remarked Ponting at a Star Sports event.
The renowned Australian captain said, “The fans deserve to win, so the two captains should even put their teams on the line to create a chance to win the game.”
“I believe that’s what everyone who enjoys test matches wants to see, right?,” he said. ‘If it means that you’re at, if it means that you had to put you yourself or your team on the line to, you know, maybe lose the game, you give yourself a chance to win the game doing it’.
Notably, India will be playing in their second World Test Championship final after losing the opening match against New Zealand. The team captained by Rohit Sharma ended with a 58.80 points percentage in second place in the WTC points standings.
Australia has the advantage of going into the WTC final in 2023.
Australia, on the other hand, will play in their first WTC final after taking first place in the points standings with a 66.67 percent. They came in third with a points percentage of 69.2, only behind New Zealand, who took first place with a points percentage of 70, barely missing out on the opportunity to compete in the first final in 2021.
Since some of India’s star players are injured and will miss the major game, Australia appears to have an advantage going into the match. Australia, on the other hand, has few injury problems and many of its players aren’t even participating in the current IPL 2023, so they will be fully rested for the big match.
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