Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has expressed optimism about Team India’s chances of reaching the World Test Championship (WTC) final. He also added that the visitors registering a 3-1 win in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 would be ‘miraculous’ as well. The five-match series between India and Australia is tied at 1-1 after the third Test in Brisbane ended in a draw on Wednesday, December 18 as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “India can definitely reach the WTC final. Of course, you need to win the series. The series cannot end in a draw. We will be out if the series ends in a draw. You had the chance of two wins and a draw before Gabba but since this game ended as a draw, you need to win the next two games. You will be able to leave here after winning the series 3-1. That would be absolutely miraculous because no one expected us to win in Perth but we won there. We didn’t perform well in the pink-ball Test match in Adelaide. We collapsed there but we somehow held on to a draw in Gabba.”

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In the same video, Aakash Chopra shared that Australia’s decision to play the first three Tests against Team India in favourable venues didn’t provide them the desired results.

“Rain did help us slightly there (in Brisbane) but Melbourne and Sydney are two grounds that favor us. Previously we used to go to the easier venues at the start and there they (Australia) used to fall behind in the series, but this time Australia said they would start from Perth and then go to Gabba, even though there is forecast of rain there in the first three weeks of December. They hosted the match early there with the thinking that they would reach Melbourne 3-0 and would have already won the series. However, nothing like that happened. So there are full expectations. I feel it is still possible,” Aakash Chopra concluded.