The Indian team has qualified for the World Test Championship final in style, defeating England by an innings and 25 runs in the fourth and final Test in Ahmedabad on Saturday. India bundled out the visitors for a meager score of 135 in their second innings to clinch the four-match series 3-1. R Ashwin, one of the stars of India’s win and the Man of the Series, said for some members of the Indian team, the World Test Championship final was comparable to the ODI World Cup.

The Indian dressing room has some Test specialists like Cheteshwar Pujara, Ishant Sharma, among others, who only play Test cricket. Ashwin, who last played an ODI in 2017, has also become a Test specialist.

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Talking about the same during a chat on Star Sports with Sunil Gavaskar and Graeme Swann, R Ashwin said, “An opportunity to get to the WTC final is not a joke. There are a lot of players inside the dressing room who are not playing white-ball cricket. Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, myself, for the time being. So, for all of us the World Test Championship final is as good as the World Cup. It means a lot to us.”

He further added, “Wherever we play (WTC final), we have got the team for it, we have got a lot of options and good cricketers in the dressing room. We have about 20-25 people to pick from, and that’s an amazing position to be in. Hopefully, we can go out there and win the WTC final, but if it would have been a three-Test final, it would be great.”

Ashwin was the top performer for India with the ball in the series against England. He had managed to scalp three five-wicket hauls over the course of the series, ending up with a total of 32 wickets.

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Axar Patel, who made his debut in the second Test in Chennai, took a total of 27 wickets in the series, with four five-wicket hauls to his name.