The Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 has come to an end with India winning the series by 2-1 against Australia but both these teams will clash against each other in the finals of the World Test Championship 2021-23 which will be played at The Oval, London from 7 June 2023 to 11 June 2023.
The series was hosted by India and it needed to win the BGT 2023 by 4-0 or 3-1 in order to ensure its place in the finals of the WTC but the Aussies made things difficult for India by winning the third test match. Things became more difficult for the Indian team as the Aussies batted brilliantly in the first innings of the fourth test match and it almost became impossible for the Indians to defeat Australia.
However even before the fourth test match ended in a draw, New Zealand helped India in confirming its seat in the WTC finals by defeating the Sri Lankan team on the last ball of the first test match. Sri Lanka needed to defeat New Zealand by 2-0 in order to play the WTC final but with this defeat, SL lost all the chance to become the finalist.
This is the second consecutive time that India will play the WTC finals, earlier it played the finals of the inaugural WTC 2019-21 under the leadership of Virat Kohli and India lost it to New Zealand.
Though the Indian cricket team may not have won the fourth test match against Australia yet it has certainly made the Indian cricket fans happy by winning the BGT 2023 by 2-1 and also by breaking the Aussies’ dream of winning a series in India after 19 years.
Soon, netizens started expressing their happiness on the social media platforms; check out some selected reactions:
Back-to-back WTC finals for India 🕺 🕺 pic.twitter.com/8f7EpVUrpW
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 13, 2023
Captain & Coach on the way to Oval for WTC final. pic.twitter.com/Rga5Q4PpXg
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 13, 2023
https://twitter.com/imAmanDubey/status/1635175070015553536
Mark the dates – India led by Rohit Sharma up against Australia led by Pat Cummins in the WTC Final from 7th June. pic.twitter.com/xUC3Zh6dFg
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 13, 2023
https://twitter.com/AnkitSharma8878/status/1635191254890979331
In 2021 – India qualified into WTC final.
In 2023 – India qualified into WTC final.
The Greatest Test team in this generation.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 13, 2023
Three inevitable events to happen today
RRR win at Oscars
TEAM INDIA qualify for WTC FINAL
India wins the BGT 2 – 1
🤞
Let's wait and see #timewilltell #BGT2023#CricketTwitter
— DK (@DineshKarthik) March 13, 2023
https://twitter.com/Hydrogen_45/status/1635223588746989569
History Created 🚨.
India have qualified for the ICC WTC final under the Captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Proud moment for all of us Indians. 💪 pic.twitter.com/2H4UtFn71x
— Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL) March 13, 2023
Kane Williamson has done it
Last ball victory for NZ
India to WTC Final.#INDvsAUS #NZvsSL pic.twitter.com/NTVa8tF0Ia— Gaurav Pandit🇮🇳 (@igauravpandit) March 13, 2023
CONGRATULATIONS INDIA! 🇮🇳✌️#WTCFinal pic.twitter.com/ngMM5gKdKL
— Sambit Patra (Modi Ka Parivar) (@sambitswaraj) March 13, 2023
Daniel watched India qualifying for #wtcfinal on this seat.#NZvSL pic.twitter.com/TrwT3UzKnN
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) March 13, 2023
Which team do you think has a better chance of winning the WTC considering the fact that the final is being played at The Oval, London? Do let us know your opinion.