Challenge before India to recover from T20 mode – Gavaskar (Photo: BCCI)
New Delhi: IPL 2023 is over and now it is the turn of the final of the World Test Championship. Almost all the players of Team India have reached England for this. Practice has also started there. Sunil Gavaskar is getting more tension than he probably does not have about the WTC final. In fact, the former India captain is seeing a bigger challenge than Australia standing in front of the Indian team in the final of the WTC.
The challenge that Gavaskar is seeing is not related to any team or player. Rather, this is the challenge that exists within Team India. If the Indian team tackles him, then winning the final of the World Test Championship will also be confirmed.
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Team India faces the challenge of transitioning from T20 to Test mode
According to Sunil Gavaskar, this challenge of Team India is to shift its gear. For the last 2 months all the players were in T20 mode. While the final of the World Test Championship is to be played in Test mode. In such a situation, it may be difficult for the players to adapt their mindset and approach of the game from T20 to Test form. Gavaskar said these things on Star Sports on 30 May.
According to the former opener of India, the Indian team is not only going to have a problem mentally but also technically they may face problems in this.
Except Pujara, the rest of the IPL players reached the WTC final
Gavaskar further said that if you look at the Indian team that reached England, only Cheteshwar Pujara is the only batsman who remains in Test form. As long as the IPL went on, he stayed in England and played county cricket. But apart from them all other players have reached to play WTC Final by playing IPL. In such a situation, a problem may arise in front of the Indian team.
WTC Final from 7th June
Let us tell you that the final match of the World Test Championship is to be played from June 7 to June 11 at the Oval ground in London. In this match, the teams of India and Australia will be face to face. This will be the second WTC final of Team India while Australia will play in the final of this ICC event for the first time.
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