New Zealand Wins WTC Final- NZ beat India by 8 Wickets: Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor starred with the bat as New Zealand thrashed India to win the World Test Championship Finals in Southampton on Wednesday. After bowling out India for just 170, Williamson and Taylor stiched 96* runs unbeaten partnership to easily chase target of 139 runs. Williamson stayed unbeaten on 52* and the most experience Kiwi batsman stayed unbeaten on 47*
In ICC events – It is New Zealand 11, India 3#WorldCup – Ind 3, NZ 5#ChampionsTrophy – Ind 0, NZ 1#WorldT20 – Ind 0, NZ 2#Tests – Ind 0, NZ 3
Note: 14 March 2003 was the last time India won an ICC event match v NZ – in the WC2003 at Centurion.#WTCFinal2021#INDvsNZ#INDvNZ— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 23, 2021
WTC Final LIVE – IND vs NZ LIVE: Earlier in the morning Kiwi bowlers completely destroyed famed Indian batting line up to bowl them out for 170 runs. Tim Southee and Trent Brent were the wreckers in chief with the ball. India started the day at 64/2 – but lost all 8 wickets with addition of just 106 runs.
Congrats New Zealand for winning the World Test Championship, after a heart-breaking 2019 WC final and 2015 WC final loss.
Congrats Williamson & co. #WTCFinal
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) June 23, 2021
All 10 Indian wickets were bagged by New Zealand fast bowlers. Southee took 4/48 while Boult picked 3/39. Kyle Jamieson again showed his class as he picked Virat Kohli’s prized wicket one more time in the morning as Indian captain was caught behind for just 13.
New Zealand’s last seven matches against India in ICC tournaments – ODI WC, T20 WC, Champions Trophy and WTC:
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Won#WTC21final #WTC21— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 23, 2021
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WTC Final LIVE – IND vs NZ LIVE: Tim Southee scalped four wickets as India was bundled out for 170 in the second innings on the Reserve Day of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Ageas Bowl on Wednesday. The inspired show with the ball ensured that New Zealand will need to score 139 runs in a minimum of 53 overs to win the title.
India men’s team in ICC events since the 2013 Champions Trophy win:
2014 WT20 – Runners-up
2015 ODI WC – Semis
2016 WT20 – Semis
2017 CT – Runners-up
2019 ODI WC – Semis
2019-21 WTC – Runners-up#WTC2021Final #INDvsNZ— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) June 23, 2021
Rishabh Pant top-scored for India as he played a knock of 41 runs, but he hardly found any company as none of the top-order batsmen managed to spend time in the middle.
New Zealand 2nd Innings – 140/2 wins the World Test Championship final by 8 Wickets
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Latham | 9 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 21.95 | |
| Devon Conway | 19 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 40.43 | |
| Kane Williamson (C) | 52 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 58.43 | |
| Ross Taylor | 47 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 47.00 | |
| Extra | 13 (b 0, w 0, nb 2, lb 11) | |||||
| Total | 140/2 (45.5) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | HM Nicholls, BJ Watling, C Grandhomme, KA Jamieson, N Wagner, TG Southee, TA Boult | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ishant Sharma | 6.2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 3.32 |
| Mohammed Shami | 10.5 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 2.86 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 10.4 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 3.28 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 10 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1.70 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 8 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3.13 |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | 30 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 37.04 | |
| Shubman Gill | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 24.24 | |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | 15 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 18.75 | |
| Virat Kohli (C) | 13 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 44.83 | |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 15 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| Rishabh Pant (WK) | 41 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 46.59 | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 16 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 32.65 | |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36.84 | |
| Mohammed Shami | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 130.00 | |
| Ishant Sharma | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 | |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 11 (b 1, w 1, nb 1, lb 8) | |||||
| Total | 170/10 (73) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | ||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Southee | 19 | 4 | 48 | 4 | 2.53 |
| Trent Boult | 15 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 2.60 |
| Kyle Jamieson | 24 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 1.25 |
| Neil Wagner | 15 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 2.93 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Shubman Gill | 1-24 | 10.4 |
| RG Sharma | 2-51 | 26.5 |
| Virat Kohli | 3-71 | 35.5 |
| CA Pujara | 4-72 | 37.3 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 5-109 | 49.6 |
| RA Jadeja | 6-142 | 62.5 |
| RR Pant | 7-156 | 69.2 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 8-156 | 69.4 |
| M Shami | 9-170 | 72.2 |
| JJ Bumrah | 10-170 | 72.6 |
New Zealand Wins WTC Final- NZ beat India by 8 Wickets: Earlier on Day 5 – Kane Williamson batted tenaciously for his knock of 49 that gave New Zealand very crucial lead of 32 runs in the 1st innings. For India Mohd Shami was pick of the bowlers as he took 4/76 to bring India back into the game.
New Zealand Wins WTC Final- India vs New Zealand: Williamson, Taylor & bowlers starred as Kiwis beat Kohli’s India to win WTC by 8 wickets
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