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India versus New Zealand WTC finals day 3: New Zealand ends the day in decent position.

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  It was a brilliant day of cricket as both teams fought on the third day of the World Test Championship finals played at Ageas Bowl, Southampton on Sunday. The match started half hour late due to a wet outfield. Starting on the overnight score of 146 for 3, Kyle Jamieson and Trent Boult began off brilliantly bowling tight lines and lengths not allowing Rahane and Kohli to score runs easily. Jamieson struck early for New Zealand dismissing Kohli with a beauty. Rahane and Kohli added 61 runs for the 4 th wicket. Boult and Jamieson continued to test the Indian batsmen. After surviving a close LBW shout, Pant hit a boundary before providing a simple catch to Latham. Ajiyanka Rahane looked in decent touch hitting gaps while Jadeja played decently. Kane Williamson bought a field change that resulted in the wicket of Rahane for a well-made 49. Ravichandran Ashwin played some attacking strokes putting the Kiwis bowlers under some pressure. Southee provided the breakthrough by getting...

India squad for ICC World Test Championship finals and England tour announced.

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  The Board Cricket Control of India have announced squads for the ICC World Test Championship finals to be played from 18 th -22 nd June at Rose Bowl, Southampton with 23 rd being the reserve day. It looks like a strong squad with Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill are the 3 openers included in the squad. Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajiyanka Rahane, Hanuma Vihari comprise the middle order. Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami make a comeback into the team after getting injured in the Australian tour. The left-handed batsman Pant has been included as the wicketkeeper while Saha would travel subject to fitness. Saha suffered COVID last week and hoping to recover soon. In the pace bowling department, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur have been included. The spin bowling department consists of Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ashwin, Axar Patel. It promises to be an exciting encounter between the top two tea...