Former all-rounder highlights a 'worrying factor' for India in WTC final
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Former all-rounder highlights a 'worrying factor' for India in WTC final

The final of the World Test Championship is currently the talk of the two. Two evenly-matched sides are competing in the final of this ICC event with the inaugural WTC title on the line. It doesn't get bigger than this. Former cricketers are coming up with predictions already. The great Rahul Dravid feels this is India's biggest chance to win a Test series in England, whereas former spinner Monty Panesar has backed Virat Kohli's team to inflict a 5-0 sweep. Bold. This brings us to another former India all-rounder, Vijay Bharadwaj who played three Tests and 10 ODIs for India in the late 1990s. The former Karnataka batsman believes that even though the Indian team is well poised there just might be a factor that may worry Kohli and his team. Bharadwaj reckons India's 'fragile middle order' could be a concern because of which the onus will be more on the top-order batsmen. "One thing worrying is the inexperience of Gill in Tests and the inexperience of playing Tests in England for Rohit. For New Zealand to have the edge, they need to get Pujara and Kohli early into the crease. India will need a good start from Rohit and Gill. If the openers are fragile, the middle-order also looks fragile. That is the test Rohit has to pass," Bharadwaj told SportsKeeda.