Team India has been waiting for the title for 10 years.Image Credit source: BCCI
New Delhi: India has been waiting for an ICC title for the last 10 years. Team India has not won any title since the 2013 Champions Trophy. Many times he has got disappointed after coming close. Now eyes are starting in London from 7th June world test championship final is on. Here Team India will face Australia. Whether Team India will be able to win or not, it will be known on the field only, but something has happened, which is not giving good signals.
The Indian team is about to play the final of a tournament for the third time in the last 6 years. Earlier, Team India had played the final of the 2017 Champions Trophy. Then played the final of the Test Championship last time. At the same time, in 2019, the ODI World Cup and then in 2022 played the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. The thing that was common in these five matches is now going to happen in the final of the Test Championship.
ICC’s decision gave tension
The story is actually that the ICC has announced the panel of umpires for the Test Championship final. Chris Gaffney of New Zealand and Richard Illingworth of England will officiate the match as on-field umpires in this final. At the same time, the TV umpire ie third umpire will be Richard Kettleborough of England. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Dharmasena will be the fourth umpire and Richie Richardson will be the match referee.
The match officials list for the ICC World Test Championship 2023 Final is out 👇 #WTC23https://t.co/9siperA9kt
— ICC (@ICC) May 29, 2023
bad luck for team india
Now this is where all the tension is. The three men as on-field umpires and TV umpires have been a part of all the knockout matches India has played in the last 6 years and India has lost in all of them.
Especially Richard Kettleborough. This England umpire was the on-field umpire in the 2017 Champions Trophy final and 2019 World Cup semi-final. There were TV umpires in the last Test Championship final as well.
#TeamIndia members begin their preparations for the #WTC23 at Arundel Castle Cricket Club. pic.twitter.com/2kvGyjWNF7
— BCCI (@BCCI) May 29, 2023
And Richard Illingworth was the on-field umpire in the 2021 Test Championship final and the 2019 semi-final. Similarly, Chris Gaffney was the TV umpire in the 2022 T20 World Cup semi-finals. Kumar Dharmasena was the on-field umpire in this match.
Will history be able to change?
Now this is just a coincidence because the match is decided only on the basis of the performance of both the teams on the field. Still, this coincidence has not yet brought good results for the Indian team. In such a situation, it will be expected that this time this coincidence will bring some changes and Team India will win the title.
Source: www.tv9hindi.com
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