Team India Road To WTC Final 2023: The Indian team will play the final match of the second edition of the World Test Championship (WTC) on June 7 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Team India has confirmed its place in the final of the Test Championship for the second time in a row. But the journey till here was not easy for him. The second edition of WTC was started by Team India under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. But after this, the team under the leadership of Rohit Sharma will now go on the field to play the final match.
The journey till here for Team India was not easy at all. At one time the Indian team was at the fourth position in the WTC points table. In which Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka were ahead of them. For the Indian team to reach the final, it was very important to win their last 6 Test matches.
Out of this, Team India had to play in 2 Test matches on the tour of Bangladesh. While 4 Test matches were to be played against Australia on home ground. After a clean sweep in the series against Bangladesh, Team India strengthened its position in the points table. After this, at the beginning of the series against Australia, they won 2 Test matches, but due to the defeat in the third Test, once again it seemed difficult for the Indian team to make it to the finals.
New Zealand’s win against Sri Lanka benefits India
Where Australia defeated the Indian team in the Indore Test match and ensured their place in the WTC final. At the same time, New Zealand’s victory against Sri Lanka made it easier for the Indian team to reach the final. After this, with the Ahmedabad Test match ending on a draw, the Indian team also managed to reach the final for the second time in a row.
Team India had a great start to the second edition
Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian team started the second edition of the World Test Championship with a tour of England. On this tour, Team India managed to win 2 matches while in 2 the host England won. 1 match ended in a draw. After this, Team India played the second Test series against New Zealand for 2 matches at home. One match of this series was a draw while the other was won by the Indian team.
Team India lost on the tour of South Africa, Virat Kohli left the captaincy
In the year 2021-22, the Indian team visited South Africa. Here the team won a big victory of 113 runs in the first test match. But after this, Team India had to face consecutive defeats in the second and third Test matches. This was a big blow for the Indian team. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli surprised everyone by deciding to give up the Test captaincy.
Rohit Sharma led Team India off to a great start
After leaving the captaincy of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma was entrusted with the responsibility as the next captain of the Indian Test team. Under the leadership of Rohit, Team India played its first Test series against Sri Lanka on home ground. Team India won one-sided in both the matches of this series.
Pujara scored most runs, Ashwin took most wickets
In this edition of the World Test Championship, Cheteshwar Pujara is at number one in terms of scoring the most runs for the Indian team. Pujara is at number one with 887 runs, while Virat Kohli is at second place with 869 runs. On the other hand, Ravichandran Ashwin has taken the most wickets in the second edition for Team India. Ashwin has so far taken 61 wickets in his name.
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