The final of the ICC World Test Championship is being played between India and New Zealand at the Aegis Bowl in Southampton. On the fifth day of the Test match, Mohammed Shami took New Zealand to the big lead with a brilliant bowling but, without Tim Southee scoring a useful run, India dismissed the openers and Kiwi team before the sixth and final day of the World Test. Championship (WTC) final. Keep the balance lighter. New Zealand scored 329 runs in their first innings and 249 runs. After scoring 217 in the first innings, the Indian team, now 64 for two in their second innings at the end of the fifth day, are now leading by 32 runs.
In this game, not a single ball can be bowled on the first and fourth day, so the game is played on the sixth day, which is the safest day of the match. In such a situation, India could invite New Zealand to bat again with a lead of 150 to 200 runs. When the match is drawn, both teams will be declared joint winners. India had a chance to bat in the evening session, in which they lost their openers. Saudi (2 for 17) dismissed them. Shubman Gill (eight off 33 balls) hit one over for 10 overs but the ear bowlers increased the pressure. After all, Gill was unable to cope with this pressure and dismissed LBW in Southey’s sw-swinger.
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Rohit Sharma (30 off 81 balls) spent a lot of time in the crease but again failed to score big innings. He did not try to play a straight shot from Saudi and was ltw. Captain Virat Kohli (eight not out off 12 balls) and Cheteshwar Pujara (12 not out off 55 balls) need to maintain their wickets and maintain the run rate by turning a strike in order to keep the match alive. Prior to this, the fifth day’s play was delayed by rain and then the Kiwi batsmen took a defensive approach. In the first session, he scored only 34 runs in 23 overs and lost three wickets in the meantime. He showed great speed in the second session and added 114 runs in 27.2 overs for the remaining five wickets. Shami (4 for 76) used the seam to bat the batsmen with their full length deliveries, while Ishant Sharma (3 for 48) also bowled well.
Ravichandran Ashwin (2 for 28) and Ravindra Jadeja (1 for 20) also took wickets but Jaspreet Bumra was disappointed. On the third day, opener Devon Conway scored 54, while skipper Kane Williamson scored 49 off 177 balls to give New Zealand a decisive lead after scoring 30 from two sixes. Williamson showed respect for the bowlers and added just seven runs in the first session. He bowled Shami and gave New Zealand the lead but Kohli caught Ishant’s outgoing ball in the third slip in the second slip and lost half a run.
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Shami gave India the first breakthrough of the day. He prompted Ross Taylor (11) to drive a full-length delivery and caught the drive with a drive on the Gill Short cover. Ishant then forced the trusty Henry Nichols (7) to catch him in the second slip. Shami played his last Test and bowled BJ Watling (a). Shami kept the pressure off one end even after lunch. After Colin de Grandhomme (13) dismissed LBW, he sent Kyle Jamison (21) to the crease with an aggressive approach.
After hitting a six in the first delivery, Jamieson tried to send the next short pitch ball into the boundary line but Bumrah turned it into a long leg catch. Apart from Jamieson on the tail, Southey added useful runs. After Williamson was dismissed, he hit six in his next over. He sent Jadeja’s delivery to six, but the same spinner bowled to end the Kiwi innings. Bumra (57 not out in 26 overs), frustrated by India’s bowlers who bowled very few pitches and off-stumps, said former England captain Nasser Hussain could not take a wicket.
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