India’s men’s cricket team will be locking horns with New Zealand in the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton starting June 18. On the other hand, the women’s team is also touring England to play a day-night Test, three ODIs, and three T20Is.

Both the men’s and women’s teams reached London together in a chartered flight from Mumbai and headed to the Ageas Bowl in Southampton where they will be undergoing a mandatory quarantine begins. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared a video of the entire journey from Mumbai to London’s Heathrow airport and then the bus ride to Southampton.

Here is the video of the journey:

https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1400680486851080199?s=20

The Ageas Bowl has a hotel within the stadium complex and that’s where the men’s and women’s teams are scheduled to undergo their quarantine. The men’s team will face New Zealand in Southampton, while the women’s team begins its England tour with a one-off day-night Test at the County Ground in Bristol, starting on June 16.

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Team India stood at the numero uno position on the World Test Championship table, finishing 100 points ahead of second-placed New Zealand.

India played 17 Tests winning 12 of them, losing four and one drawn game. New Zealand, on the other hand, reached the WTC final after winning seven of the 11 Tests they played, losing four. New Zealand is already in England, playing a two-match Test series against the hosts that began with the first Test at Lord’s on Wednesday.

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The Kiwis will finish their second Test at Edgbaston on June 14, four days before the WTC final begins. Following the WTC final, India will take on hosts England in a five-Test series starting with the first Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham from August 4.