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WTC Final: Rohit Sharma’s bat remained silent in the final match, will Hitman do wonders this time?
The final match of the World Test Championship between India and Australia will be played at The Oval in England. There is a lot of discussion about this match. However, to end the drought of the ICC trophy, India will have to win this match at any cost. Only then would Australia want to maintain its dominance in world cricket by winning this match. But there is a big concern for India. Indian captain Rohit Sharma does not bat in the final match. But this time there is a lot of hope from him.
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the bat is silent
Indian captain Rohit Sharma is a brilliant batsman. There is no doubt about it. But till now Rohit Sharma has not been able to do that feat in the final match, for which he is also known. Rohit Sharma’s bat has been very silent in the final matches. He played a useful inning in the 2007 World Cup. But since then he could not do much in the finals. In the 2007 T20 World Cup, he played a brilliant inning of 30 runs against Pakistan. Apart from this, he was dismissed for 9 runs in 14 balls in the final match against England in the Champions Trophy in 2013. In 2014, he scored 29 runs in the T20 World Cup final. In the same Champions Trophy 2017 final against Pakistan, Rohit Sharma scored 30 runs in the first innings against New Zealand. In this, India has managed to win only one final and that is the 2007 T20 World Cup.
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Oval has been good for Rohit
The Oval ground has been good for Rohit Sharma. Runs have also come from Rohit Sharma’s bat here. In this match played against hosts England in September 2021, Rohit Sharma became the man of the match by playing a century of 127 runs here. Indian captain Rohit Sharma would be hoping for a better performance this time in the final match. Earlier, Indian captain Rohit Sharma scored his only Test century outside the subcontinent at ‘The Oval’ in 2021 and he says that no one feels comfortable at the crease as a batsman in English conditions but he gets to know When to be aggressive against the bowlers of the rival team.
