Why did Team India lose two consecutive WTC finals?
Why did Team india lose two consecutive WTC finals?
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 data-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 data-face defeat both the times?
Why did they 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. In that match, going with 2 spin bowlers proved to be the biggest mistake of Team india, who were seen struggling 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.
Reason 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 put up 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.