World Test Championship: Day 5 and Day 6

 World Test Championship Final's Day 4 also got washed out due to rain and obviously the reserve day which is the 6th day was used. So in the start of Day 5, only some time was lost due to rain and after the rain the New Zealand team came to bat. This time the Indian pace bowling attack came up with more improved line and lengths, before on Day 3 they were bowling the balls on good length whereas the Kiwi  pace bowling attack used more fuller balls and lesser good length balls. So, on Day 5 the Indian were bowling very good lines and length. After the first hour Mohammed Shami took the wicket of Ross Taylor with a outstanding catch by Shubman Gill on Extra - Cover. After 1 - 2 overs Ishant Sharma was brought by Virat Kohli as a bowling change and he took the wicket of Henry Nicholls. Mohammed Shami who was bowling with Ishant Sharma took the wicket of BJ Watling playing last test BJ Watling could not do anything as Shami bowl a beautiful ball to dismiss him. Colin De Grandhomme and Kane Williamson played till lunch and the spinners did not get a over till lunch. After Lunch, De Grandhomme came and the first ball after lunch was four of Jasprit Bumrah. They both did a good partnership before Shami took the wicket of Grandhomme. Colin De Grandhomme was LBW. Kyle Jamieson came to bat after that, he also was playing fast and at the other end Williamson was playing his own game and was trying to get to his fifty. After hitting 12 runs in Shami's over Jamieson got out. He was trying to play the pull shut and got out. After that Tim Southee came in to bat, he was also playing fast. Kane Williamson was at 49 and then Ishant Sharma bowled an outside - off stump ball and Williamson edged that ball and the ball went straight to the second slip and Virat Kohli toke a brilliant catch. After that, Neil Wagner came in to bat. Tim Southee was rotating strike from the other end and only some trail was left. Ravichandran Ashwin came to bowl and took the wicket of Neil Wagner. Tim Southee was hitting from the other end, Then Jadeja came to bowl. His first ball was six and the next ball was out. Tim Southee got out and New Zealand had a lead of 32 runs. New Zealand's whole team got out on 249. 

Team India had a trail of 32 runs. Tim Southee and Trent Boult started the bowling. They both were bowling very well. They both were also playing good. Especially, Tim Southee was bowling very good. Shubman Gill was playing and he shuffled towards the offside because he was expecting a out - swinger but Southee bowled a scrambled seam delivery and it got into the pads of Shubman Gill and he got out LBW. Cheteshwar Pujara came in to bat. After some overs, Rohit Sharma was playing and he was trying to leave the ball and it also got into his pads and he got LBW. Tim Southee got 2 wickets. Pujara and Virat Kohli played the whole session and India had a lead of 34 and at the end of the day India were 64 - 2. Then the next day, the reserve day, everyone was expecting a draw but India's batting collapse led it a one - sided match. Then on the start of the day, Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson started the bowling attack and after some overs Jamieson took the wicket of Virat Kohli, he got out to Jamieson 2nd time. It was outside - off short ball and Kohli tried to play it on the back - foot and he edged it and it went straight to BJ Watling. After few overs, Pujara also got out to Jamieson. He was trying to leave the ball and edged it and it went straight to the slip cordon. Then Rishabh Pant and Ajinkaye Rahane were trying to stable the innings but Rahane also got out to Trent Boult. He was trying to glance the ball and it went to BJ Watling and he got out. Then Pant and Jadeja played till lunch. Then they also were trying to stable the innings after lunch before Neil Wagner took the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja, he was trying to play that ball on the leg side and it also went to BJ Watling and Jadeja got out. After that all the wickets in a flow. So India got out 170 and they had a lead of 138 runs and they set a target for New Zealand of 139. 

Devon Conway and Tom Latham started the batting for the kiwis. They both played till 10 overs and after that Ravichandran Ashwin toke the wicket of Tom Latham. He bowled an angled ball coming into the left hander and Tom Latham tried to hit over the mid - wicket and he was out of his crease and Rishabh Pant did no mistake and toke the ball and hit it on the stumps and Tom Latham got stumped. Then in the very same over there was a LBW chance of Kane Williamson but is was missing the stumps. Then Ashwin also toke the wicket of Devon Conway, LBW. Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson played the whole last session and won the match for there team. In between there were a few drops also like Pujara dropped a catch of Ross Taylor and Williamson's catch was also dropped by Bumrah. The New Zealand cricket team became the first team to win the World Test Championship final and they toke home the ICC Mace trophy and prize money. 

World Test Championship Final: Day 2 and Day 3

 So, World Test Championship (WTC) I mentioned about this in my World Test Championship blog. The World Test Championship Final had started on June 19. It was scheduled to started on 18th June but the first day got washed out due to rain. The ICC had announced about the reserve day which is the sixth day which means that if due to rain or bad light 90 overs are not bowled in a day so the reserve day which is the sixth day will take place. The first day got washed out so the play started on 19th June. So Kane Williamson's Kiwis won the toss and elected to bowl first. Virat Kohli's Army batted first. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave India a very good start by doing a 62 - run partnership. After that Kyle Jamieson took the wicket of Rohit Sharma who was playing very well. Rohit Sharma was caught in the slips by a very good catch of Tim Southee. Then after that over Neil Wagner came to bowl his first over and took the wicket of Shubman Gill. India were 62-2. Then Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara played till lunch. After lunch they both were playing well but Pujara as usual was playing very slow. Then Pujara hit a four of Neil Wagner and after playing 35 balls made his first runs, at the other end Virat Kohli was playing well. Then Trent Boult took the wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara. Pujara got LBW. Then Ajinkaye Rahane and Virat Kohli were playing well and did a 58 - run partnership before tea. Virat Kohli was at 40 and Rahane at 20. Then after tea, They both were playing well but due to bad light the math got delayed for just 5 -10 minutes and after that two times the match got delayed due to bad light. Then the third time full match got delayed and only 67 overs were bowled and after the first day got washed out 98 overs had to be bowled in one day and only 67 overs were bowled. Then the next day the play started half an hour late because there had to be some inspection by the umpires. Then when the play started Virat Kohli who was on 44 Kyle Jamieson took the wicket of him by a brilliant bowl. Virat Kohli got LBW. Then Rishabh Pant who was facing some issues with the swing of Trent Boult and Kyle Jamieson did not made a single run till playing 18 balls and this happens only sometimes with Rishabh Pant. Then after hitting a four, after some balls he got of a outside - off stump ball which was meant to leave but he edged and it went straight to the slips and Kyle Jamieson got his third wicket. Ravindra Jadeja came to bat after Rishabh Pant. Ajinkaye Rahane was playing nicely and was rotating strikes and was looking confident. They both were playing well, Jadeja was not attacking and was playing defensive. Ajinkaye Rahane who was at 49 got out to a very good fielding change set up by Neil Wagner. From the start of Day 3 India had lost 3 big wickets Virat Kohli, Ajinkaye Rahane and Rishabh Pant. Ravichandran Ashwin came and was first facing issues with swing but after that he played some beautiful shots and made 22 runs and got out in slips of Tim Southee. Ravindra Jadeja and Ishant Sharma played till the lunch. Ishant Sharma got out in the slips of Kyle Jamieson. Jasprit Bumrah came and got out of the first ball LBW, he also got out of Kyle Jamieson and he grabbed a fifer in the inaugural of the World Test Championship. Then Ravindra Jadeja also got out to Tim Southee. India's whole team got out on 217.

 Then New Zealand came to bat and its openers gave the Kiwis a firing start as they did a 70 - run partnership and it happened the first time that both the openers of both the teams played more than 20 overs. Then Ravichandran Ashwin broke the partnership by taking the wicket of Tom Latham. After some overs Ishant Sharma came and took the wicket of Devon Conway. The match stopped due to bad light and New Zealand played only 49 overs.