Ahead of the upcoming third Test against Australia, Rohit Sharma confirmed that they will be doing something different in the fourth Test in Ahmedabad to prepare for the potential World Test Championship (WTC) Final. If India win in Indore Test will confirm India’s place in the WTC final but the Ahmedabad Test will be their final red-ball game before the WTC Final in June.
“There is definitely a possibility of that. We have already spoken about it. We need to get the guys ready for it. The important one is Shardul Thakur, because he comes into the planning for us. We don’t know how ready he is since he has just gotten married.
We don’t know how many overs he has bowled. But that thought process is definitely there. If we do what we do here and get the result we want, we might think of doing something different in Ahmedabad for sure,” Rohit said in a pre-match presser.
‘It’s not going to be alien conditions as such who’ll make the final’ – Rohit Sharma opines on the home advantage and WTC finalists
However, Rohit also asked for patience as India are yet to confirm their place in WTC final. But he added that both the teams playing in the final will have no home advantage as England are already out of the picture.
“Just speaking of it from the outside… I don’t think England is going to qualify, so both teams who are going to play the final will be neutral teams. It’s going to be exciting. There’s no home advantage, no conditions advantage. You know India has played a lot of cricket in England over the last couple of years. Australia have also played a lot of cricket there, the 35-year old said.
“Sri Lanka and South Africa are also in the mix. They probably have played a lot of cricket there as well. It’s not going to be alien conditions as such [to those] who’ll make the final. It’ll be a good contest between the two teams, whoever those teams are,” Sharma concluded.
