New Zealand won the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship after an impressive 8-wicket win over India at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on 23 June. After rain spoiled the summit clash, the reserve day was used to draw out the results. match. When India resumed their innings at 64/2, fans were expecting a strong total against the Kiwis. But in the opening session of the reserve day, everything turned upside down with the early dismissals of skipper Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara.
Another batting failure by Kohli against New Zealand left cricket fans disappointed. The talismanic captain, once again fell victim to fast bowler Kyle Jamieson. In the ICC Test Championship, this was the second time that Kohli was dismissed by his Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) teammate. Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs in 29 balls on the reserve day. Former Test cricket legends Sunil Gavaskar and Nasser Hussain reacted to Kohli’s cheap dismissal and final performance against the Black Caps in the rain-hit Test Championship final.
Hussain said that he remembers 2014 when James Anderson harassed Kohli. The tour of England in 2014 was a disaster for the Indian captain as he played innings of 1, 8, 25, 0, 39, 28, 0, 7, 6 and 20 in the five-match Test series. Adding to Hussain, Gavaskar said that his backfoot did not move and he committed himself for the shot.
New Zealand displayed some good cricket as Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor played unbeaten knocks of 52 and 47 respectively. Earlier on reserve day, Tim Southee took four wickets and bundled out India for 170 runs. Team India’s batting order was badly damaged by the powerpack bowling of the Kiwi team. In the end, New Zealand had to score 139 runs in 53 overs to win the coveted title. The Kane Williamson-led team reached the target for the loss of two wickets.
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