Vikrant Shekhawat : Sep 04, 2024, 07:00 AM
WTC 2025 Final: The discussion of ICC World Test Championship (WTC) is going on very strongly this time. The 2025 final will be played at the historic Lord's ground in England. New Zealand and Australia won the first two finals. India is trying to improve its performance to make it to the final this time too. Both India and Australia are the main contenders for the final at the moment. The Indian team now has to play 10 more Test matches, some of which will be against Australia. The date of the final has been fixed from 11 to 15 June 2025, and a reserve day has also been kept.So far two WTC finals have been heldTwo seasons of the World Test Championship have been played so far. The first season ran from 2019 to 2021. India and New Zealand had confirmed their place in the final. It was expected that the Indian team could win another ICC trophy, but New Zealand dashed its hopes. New Zealand also became the first champion of WTC. After this, when the second season started, its final was played in 2023. This time too, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India made a brilliant journey to the final. This time its title clash was with Australia. First New Zealand and then Australia defeated the Indian team. Australia became the champion of the second World Test Championship. Now preparations for the third final have started.WTC final can be held between 11 to 15 June at Lord'sThe final of WTC 2025 will be played at the historic ground of Lord's. The final match will be held from 11 to 15 June. Along with this, June 16 has been kept as a reserve day. That is, if it rains on the first five days of the match, then the match will continue on the sixth day as well. Although there is no reserve day in a Test match, but since this will be the final, one day has also been kept in reserve, so that the result can come.India and Australia are the strongest contenders to play the finalThe Indian team is currently at the top of the World Test Championship points table under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Therefore, they are again considered contenders for the final. India still has to play 10 more Test matches in this cycle. The two-Test match series between India and Bangladesh will begin this month. Its first match is to be held in Chennai on 19 September. After this, the New Zealand team will tour India. India has to play a three-Test series against them. In November, Team India will tour Australia. Where five Test matches are to be held. That is, the real test of the Indian team will be against Australia. It is believed that this series will decide whether Team India will play the final or not. The Australian team is also at the second position in the points table at this time, so they are also contenders for the final. However, the other teams still have to play some matches, so the picture can change now.