Legendary Indian cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar reckons that the International Cricket Council (ICC) ought to have devised a formula to find a winner of the inaugural World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand as teh game is well on teh verge of witnessing no result due to incessant rain in Southampton.
During a chat on AajTak, Sunil Gavaskar also suggested both India and New Zealand can play another Test as WTC Final after a gap of 3-4 days as both the teams will be in England.
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Notably, rain delayed the start of play on the fourth day of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) in Southampton on Monday. Till now, only 142 overs have been bowled in the match and with rain washing out the entire opening day’s play on Friday and interrupting play over the weekend.
BREAKING / @aajtak Exclusive: Sunil Gavaskar feels the @ICC ought to have devised a formula to pick a winner in case of a Drawn WTC Final. Suggests playing another Test as WTC Final after a gap of 3-4 days since both the teams can be in England #IndvsNZ #WTCFinals https://t.co/rdeibwSHaX
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) June 21, 2021
Explaining the same, Sunil Gavaskar said, “It seems that the World Test Championship final will end up as a draw and the trophy will be shared. This will be the first time that the trophy will be shared in a final. In football, they have a penalty shoot out or they have some other method to decide a winner. In Tennis, there are five sets and there is a tie-breaker.”
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He furtehr added, “There must be a formula to pick a winner in case of a drawn World Test Championship final. ICC’s cricket committee should think and then take a decision.”
At stumps, New Zealand’s score read 101/2 with Williamson (12*) and Ross Taylor (0*) unbeaten at the crease with Conway and Latham back to the pavilion. The Kiwis still trail India by 116 runs. In the first innings, India was bundled out for 217 as Kyle Jamieson was the wrecker in chief as he bagged five wickets. The weather-hit match in southern England has a reserve day to make up for the lost time.
