The historic first-ever final of the World Test Championship between India and New, Zealand is moving towards a possible draw and the most likely result is looking like both teams will share the trophy. Until and unless Blackcaps do some extraordinary bowling and bowl out India in the first session. When Day 5 finished India was at 64 at the loss of 2 and was having a lead of 32 runs.
The best possible thing team India can do is to put a decent amount of runs on the board very quickly in one or one and a half sessions and then bowl out kiwis very quickly. And on the other side, New Zealand just has to scalp a strong Indian batting lineup to seal the trophy.
Legendary Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar, who is currently part of the India vs New Zealand final commentary panel in England, has stated that India will not be able to bowl NZ in the second innings because the pitch has dried up and became pretty batting friendly, he also said India has to do exceptional stuff to bowl all 10 Kiwis out quickly.
That's Stumps on Day 5⃣ of the #WTC21 Final in Southampton! #TeamIndia move to 6⃣4⃣/2⃣ & lead New Zealand by 32 runs. @cheteshwar1 (12*) & captain @imVkohli (8*) will start the proceedings tomorrow.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) June 22, 2021
“India will be looking to score freely and put some runs on the board and maybe try to bowl New Zealand out in the fourth innings. An exciting finish for the first-ever WTC final. They have earned the opportunity (an outside chance to go for the win) but now the pitch seems to be playing a lot better because of the different weather, there is a little bit of sun out now. It has dried up the surface,” Gavaskar told India Today.
“Even if there is a little bit of grass on the pitch, it won’t have that much carry that was there in the earlier days. So that means batting has become a lot easier. India will probably not be able to bowl New Zealand out in the 2nd innings. They have to bowl exceptionally well to get New Zealand out,” he added.
India currently lead by 32 runs
India currently holds a very small lead of 32 runs while losing two wickets of openers Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma. Gill again disappointed everyone by scoring only 8 runs on the hand Rohit batted beautifully before giving his wicket away to Tim Southee at the score of 30 runs.
India’s two top-notch Test batsman; Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli were on the crease with 12 and 8 runs respectively. They have to score quick runs so that India reaches at least 200 runs before declaring the innings and they also have to give the time to 3 Pacers and 2 spinners to pick wickets of all 10 New Zealand batsmen to lift the trophy.