Ind vs NZ WTC Final Live: Rain Spoils The First WTC Final
Ind vs NZ WTC Final Live: Rain spoils the fun of the first WTC Final, there is a possibility of rain on the fifth day.
In the final match of the World Test Championship being played between India and New Zealand in Southampton.
It was raining on the field for the last four days and the players of both sides were seen waiting on most occasions.
Today is the fifth day of this match, while tomorrow’s day has been kept in reserve for the game.
But now the game has reached this point from where it is difficult to get any final result in these two days, so now it is necessary to talk about it.
Chances are high that both the teams will be declared joint winners.
Talking about today’s weather, the match can be played in the morning session, but it may rain later.
Even on the fourth day in this match, not a single ball could be bowled due to rain. The first day of this match was also washed out due to rain and the toss was done on the second day.
The second and third days of the game were also affected due to poor lighting. New Zealand elected to bowl after winning the toss and India, batting first, scored 217 runs in the first innings.
After this, the New Zealand team scored 101 runs in the first innings for the loss of 2 wickets and on the basis of the first innings, they are still 116 runs behind Team India.
Ind vs NZ WTC Final Live: In New Zealand’s first innings, Conway scored a half-century.
In reply to India’s 217, New Zealand opener Tom Latham and Dowan Conway gave New Zealand a good start in the first innings and the two shared a 70-run partnership.
India’s first breakthrough was given by spinner R Ashwin when Latham was caught by captain Virat Kohli for 30 runs.
At the same time, Ishant Sharma got India caught by Shami for 54 runs to dangerous batsman Conway.
Team India’s first innings, the batsmen disappointed
Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave India a good start in the first innings, adding 62 runs for the first wicket, but Kyle Jamieson broke the partnership.
Jamieson got Rohit Sharma caught at the hands of Tim Southee for 34 runs.
Neil Wagner gave the second blow to Team India. He got the team’s young opener batsman Shubman Gill caught behind the wicket on the score of 28 runs.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored 8 runs off 54 balls. He was sent back to the pavilion by Trent Boult’s leg before.
Indian captain Virat Kohli was batting well, but he was dismissed leg before by Kiwi fast bowler Kyle Jamieson.
Virat Kohli scored 44 runs in 132 balls. Young batsman Rishabh Pant could not show his power in the first innings and he was caught by Tom Latham off Kyle Jamieson for 4 runs.
Ajinkya Rahane, who was batting well, got out after scoring 49 runs and was caught by Neil Wagner. Tim Southee gave the end of R Ashwin’s innings and he played an innings of 22 runs for the team.
Ishant Sharma was dismissed by Jamieson for 4 runs. Jasprit Bumrah could not even open his account and got out. Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed for 15 by Trent Boult.
In the first innings for New Zealand, Jamieson took 5, Wagner and Boult took two wickets each while Tim Southee took one wicket.
India’s playing XI-
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.
New Zealand’s playing XI-
Devon Conway, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jameson, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner, Tim Southee.
