India got good news even before the end of the Ahmedabad Test against Australia, which was celebrated on the ground before the start of the last day’s play.
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Ahmedabad. The fourth and final Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is being played between India and Australia in Ahmedabad. Before the start of the last day of the match, the Indian team celebrated the victory of New Zealand. Virat Kohli hugs the team. In fact, New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 2 wickets in the first Test match in Christchurch. With this victory of the Kiwi team, India reached the final of the World Test Championship.
India got this good news before the start of the 5th day’s play. In such a situation, when the team landed on the ground, everyone joined hands and celebrated reaching the finals. Whose video is becoming quite viral. In fact, there was a team of Sri Lanka along with India in the race for the final of the World Test Championship.
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Sri Lanka became India’s obstacle
It was necessary for India to win the Ahmedabad Test to get the final ticket. On the other hand, if Sri Lanka had defeated New Zealand in both the Test matches, India would have been out of the final race in case of a draw in the Ahmedabad Test and the Sri Lankan team would have entered the finals, but New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka in the first Test and secured their place. Broke the dream and made way for India.
Darrell Mitchell the hero of the victory
New Zealand won by 2 wickets. Sri Lanka had given the host a target of 285 runs, which the Kiwi team achieved at the loss of 8 wickets. The hero of the victory was Darrell Mitchell, who scored 102 runs in the first innings and 81 runs in the second innings. On the other hand, the fourth Test match being played between India and Australia seems to be moving towards a draw. India had achieved a lead of 91 runs in the first innings on the fourth day. Virat Kohli played an inning of 186 runs. Although he missed the double century.
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