The Indian deputy skipper in Tests, Ajinkya Rahane is getting the “basics right” ahead of the much-awaited World Test Championships (WTC) final against New Zealand which gets underway from Friday. On Monday, Rahane shared a video in which he can be seen hitting the ball right off the middle of the bat. He is leaving no stone unturned during his training for the WTC final and is leaving no stone unturned to gear up for the clash. The Indian team also played a three-day intra-squad game in Southampton.
The Indian cricket team had landed in Southampton on June 3 and after that, every member of the touring contingent underwent a mandatory quarantine period of three days. Captioning the video of his training, Ajinkya Rahane wrote: “Getting the basics right ahead of the game.”
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Meanwhile, the New Zealand team will also be subjected to regular testing post-arrival at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
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The winners of the WTC final between India and New Zealand will be receding huge prize money of USD 1.6 million along with the ICC Test Championship Mace.
The losing team will get USD 800,000 for finishing second in the nine-team tournament, which was played over a near two-year cycle, enhancing the importance of Test cricket and crowning the first official world champions in the longest format of the game.
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The prize money for the team finishing third in the ICC World Test Championship Standings is USD 450,000. The team fourth on the table will be awarded USD 350,000, the one that finishes fifth gets USD 200,000 while the remaining four teams will get USD 100,000 each.
