ICC World Test Championship 2019/21 Final - General Discussions

[Sherlock Holmes]

If only Rohit performed well before the 2011 WC, there would've been 2 players achieving it.

2023 WC Final hopes....

 

[Khan Sahab54]

2023 WC Final hopes....

Yes because the tournament will be held in India so most probably India will qualify for the Final.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

If only Rohit performed well before the 2011 WC, there would've been 2 players achieving it.

Sums up pretty well

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Yes because the tournament will be held in India so most probably India will qualify for the Final.

1987 WC, 1996 WC, 2006 CT & 2016 WT20 we failed to do that. So you never know.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Yes because the tournament will be held in India so most probably India will qualify for the Final.

The moment I see a post from you, my head goes, oh, how did @ahmedleo414 come up with a post like this. Then I rub my eyes again and realise it's Murtaza.

 

[Khan Sahab54]

The moment I see a post from you, my head goes, oh, how did @ahmedleo414 come up with a post like this. Then I rub my eyes again and realise it's Murtaza.

You want me to change my ava?

 

[Ashutosh.]

Oh yes, Ashwin has also played in all these finals. I thought that list involved all the knockout matches.

He was dropped in the ICC CWC 2011 final.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

He was dropped in the ICC CWC 2011 final.

It did not make sense either in playing a 3rd spinner on a Wankhede pitch hence he wasn't picked for that match.

 

[icyman]

After the WTC final Virat Kohli will become the only cricketer to play all four ICC events finals.

World Cup 2011 Final
Champions Trophy 2013 Final
T20 World Cup 2014 Final
Champions Trophy 2017 Final
ICC Test Championship Final

Irrelevant statistic! Dunno why people have this fascination with their favourite player playing a certain number of games.

By this logic I can pull up records of Australians who have played in the ICC Super Series and state that they are the only players to have featured in such finals/ series. Or bring up the South Africans who won the inaugural ICC Knockout! (only happened once thereafter)

 

[SaiSrini]

Irrelevant statistic! Dunno why people have this fascination with their favourite player playing a certain number of games.

By this logic I can pull up records of Australians who have played in the ICC Super Series and state that they are the only players to have featured in such finals/ series. Or bring up the South Africans who won the inaugural ICC Knockout! (only happened once thereafter)

Absolutely! I mean, does this stat even matter now that ICC is hosting a marquee event for 3 consecutive years (2021 WTC; 2021 World T20; 2022 World T20; 2023 ODI WC)? By the end of the 2023 ODI WC, an ICC event would have become meaningless and not worthy of stats branding.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

ICC Knockout! (only happened once thereafter)

Just had a closer look to this

Actually, ICC Knockout Cup was rebranded as ICC Champions Trophy in 2002

 

[SaiSrini]

Was reading an article on this recently, but I feel maybe BCCI missed a trick by not giving Jaydev Unadkat another chance at the test level, after his massively stellar Ranji season in 2019-20 where he picked up 67 wickets in Saurasthra's title run (and I hear most of his wickets were on docile non bowler friendly surfaces?). In the absence of Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, a good swing bowler and that too a left armer could've added good variety to the pace attack. England conditions are different from Australia and maybe an Unadkat could've been preferred over Shardul Thakur or Umesh Yadav. Most of our bowlers picked for the WTC final and the England tests are 'hit the deck' kinda bowlers. Unadkat could've given a nice dimension with his left arm and swing skills.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Was reading an article on this recently, but I feel maybe BCCI missed a trick by not giving Jaydev Unadkat another chance at the test level, after his massively stellar Ranji season in 2019-20 where he picked up 67 wickets in Saurasthra's title run (and I hear most of his wickets were on docile non bowler friendly surfaces?). In the absence of Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, a good swing bowler and that too a left armer could've added good variety to the pace attack. England conditions are different from Australia and maybe an Unadkat could've been preferred over Shardul Thakur or Umesh Yadav. Most of our bowlers picked for the WTC final and the England tests are 'hit the deck' kinda bowlers. Unadkat could've given a nice dimension with his left arm and swing skills.

As far as I know, Unadkat gets most of his wickets through cutters or the angle that he uses to bowl. And I don't quite think that it does make a sense to play a bowler who hasn't played Test Cricket for more than 10 years now. Ishant, Shami, Bumrah & 2 spinners should be a good combination for Southampton. And Shardul does swing the red ball quite effectively from what I've seen of him.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Bring back Praveen Kumar.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Bring back Praveen Kumar.

no thank you