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'If they want to pursue with WTC, a best of three would be ideal': Ravi Shastri
Echoing the views of former India captain Kapil Dev, current Indian men’s cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri said there should be a best of three final to decide the winner of the World Test Championship. Shastri and the captain Virat Kohli were addressing the press before India left for the UK in the wee hours of Thursday to play the WTC final against New Zealand in Southampton from June 18 and five games against England starting August 4. "I think ideally, in the long run, if they want to pursue this Test championship, a best of three final would be ideal. A three-match series as a culmination of two and a half years of cricket," Shastri said during the virtual interaction.
"But they need to finish off the Future Tours Program (FTP) and then start all over again. So one-off is one-off, guys have earned their stripes, and this is not a team that has suddenly blossomed overnight."
India flies to the UK after a 14-day quarantine while New Zealand is already getting valuable practice with the two-match series underway against England. Talking about the importance of the WTC final, Shastri said, it is the biggest if not the biggest ever since India reaching the WTC final is a culmination of years of work the players have put together.
