India Wins Ahmedabad Test But The Feat Is Still Incomplete

India defeated England in the 3rd test of the 4-test match series at Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad. And it is a big feat for India as it is now closer to reaching the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Lord’s.

What next for Indian cricket team?

After winning the third-test match of thumping victory of 10-wickets, India is gearing up for a crucial fourth-test match starting 4th March at the same place. While England has lost its contention the final of WTC, it can spoil India’s chance to play the final, if it wins the fourth-test match.

India Wins Ahmedabad Test

The fourth-test match is crucial for black caps, if they want to pay the final. They have to win the match or at the best, draw the match in order to prevent Australia from getting a lead over them. The points tally gives the real reason for Indian team to fear losing the fourth-test and the final.

What are the points of India, England and Australia?

One of the three teams will reach the ICC WTC final and play with New Zealand. But England is out of the contention and it won’t make a comeback even, if, it wins the fourth-test against India. But Australia could get a lead, if India loses its fourth-test.

India stands on points tally with 71 points and England is down to 64.1 points. But Australia with 69.2 points is closer to India. If India loses the fourth-test, it will lose the battle to Australia. The final match will be played in June at Lords.

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Could Australia Play In The Final Of ICC World Test Championship?

An upbeat New Zealand prepares to play in ICC World Test Championship final at Lord’s in June 2021. And it was an easy success for the Kiwis as Australia postponed its three-test tour to South Africa.

Who are the other contestants?

After New Zealand, it is the turn of India and England to fight for the second spot. And the English team is on their way to India to play four-tests series starting 5 February in Chennai. It will be a crucial series for both the contestants but the decision will be taken on the basis of points. The team that wins maximum points from a total of 120 points will go to Lord’s.

Indian cricket team need continuing their winning spree

India is on an ultimate high after defeating Australia in a recent test-series. And now they need winning the upcoming four-tests with a minimum margin of 2-1 to qualify for the finals. But defeating the English team won’t be an easy job as England has also demonstrated good cricket be defeating Sri Lanka with 2-0. The only thing that goes in the favor of India is that England would have to win the series with at least 3-0 and it is a daunting task for English players.

Australia still has a chance to play the final

Australia can play in the final in the event of India winning the series with 1-0 of the series is completely drawn or remain 1-1 or 2-2. In this situation, Australia will technically qualify for the final match against the Kiwis.

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Cricket Fans Wish Happy Birthday To Rohit Sharma

Today is the 33rd birthday of the vice-captain of limited over cricket team and the opening batsman of India Rohit Sharma. He is one of the few crickets that have made an important place in Indian cricket team and left an indelible mark on the cricket.

Born on April 30, 1987 in Bansod in Nagpur, Maharashtra, Rohit Sharma is considered a first-class batsman in limited over matches. An excellent captain in limited over cricket, Rohit Sharma is still not confirmed in the Test team.

Achievements of Rohit Sharma

• Rohit Sharma is the only batsman to score more than 150+ runs eight times in the world. He also broke the records of Sachin Tendulkar and David Warner.

• He became the first batsman to hit 400 sixes in all the three formats of cricket.

• In 2019 World Cup, Rohit Sharma made 5 centuries in the entire tournament and became the first batsman to hold achievement.

• Rohit Sharma entered the elite club of cricketers that scored a century in all three formats of cricket. He is third Indian to enter the club with Suresh Raina and KL Rahul.

Rohit Sharma made the highest 264 runs in the history of ODI. He made this score while playing against Sri Lanka in 2014. He scored 264 in 173 balls with 33 fours and 9 sixes.

• Rohit Sharma hit the fastest century on 35 balls in T20 against Sri Lanka. It is the fastest T20 century jointly delivered with David Miller.

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Jonty Rhodes applied as for India’s next coach: Is he would be the next?

Jonty Rhodes is one of the famous and greatest Fielders in the Cricket industry. In recent news, Jonty Rhodes has applied as for India’s next fielding coach. Jonty found India has grown up amazing in the cricket. Therefore, his indeed is to polish the Indian cricket team in fielding especially the catching side for overseas tours.

Rhodes was an outstanding fielder in his times and also amazing with the bat.

In today news, Rhodes said he wanted to guide the Indian team about batting and bowling depth’s that will surely take them a long way. I have great respect for the Indian team what they have achieved in the last couple of years. They proved them as one of the best cricket team in the world.

Jonty Appreciated Indian team

I don’t want to make them a best as a team only that low their status because of lowest drop-catch percentage, said Jonty.

R Sridhar said Jonty Rhodes could be the next coach of the Indian team.

In world cup 2019, only Rajendra Jadeja was the best fielder from the Indian team. Vijay Shankar was also good, but he was ruled out from the match because of injury.

The Indian team captain, Virat Kohli often death the boundaries due to lack of athletic fielders.

Jonty Rhodes was one of the best in cricket teams. His efforts earned him a tag of Flying Jonty. He has 9 years of experience as a coach along with 4-time coach of Mumbai Indians for IPL and also worked with South Africa and few more.

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India V/s Sri Lanka ICC World Cup: India’s intention to resolve middle-order flaws

India is one of the best Indian cricket team so far. The match between India and Sri Lanka on Saturday will look all set. Win of this game is really crucial for India with a higher table as to enter in semi-finals and give the fight to New-Zealand 9 July.

Despite the contribution of all Indian team members, MS Dhoni has found with lack of intent and willing to win. He has facing serious criticism from the audience for his slow approach. The middle-orders are still unsolved.

The middle ordered of India team failed to impress and fetch quick runs. The Indian team is heavily depending on first three batsman scores including Rahul, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli.

Rohit is leading run-scorer in this tournament with 544 runs, includes four centuries. Kohli is also next as best run-score, but yet to mark up his first century.

Sri Lanka is also the strongest team in this tournament so far. They have very good skippers Lasith Malinga, who will be good in at slow deliveries of the bowl. The front line spin option Dhnanajaya de Shiva has been economical with a ball so far in his matches.

Both teams will struggle for them and we just wish them good luck.

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