We followed it over four or five overs…I didn’t count my chickens before they hatched: India coach Rahul Dravid on watching NZ-SL and qualifying for WTC Final

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While India were playing Australia on the final day of the Ahmedabad Test, still not confirmed as the World Test Championship finalists, the team had an eye on the New Zealand-Sri Lanka Test going on in Christchurch..

We followed it in bits and pieces, he told Star Sports after after the fourth Test ended in a draw on Monday.. With Sri Lanka needing to win in order to have a chance at qualifying for the final, New Zealand inched past them on the last ball with two wickets in hand on the last ball of the match..

To get the chance to play in the Oval again, it is a great thing to put the performances and play the final again, Dravid tapped his side on the back...

Having won the first two Tests in Nagpur and Delhi, India lost in Indore by nine wickets and were under pressure going into the final act of the 2023 Border Gavaskar Trophy in Ahmedabad...

To be able to fight against them and step up when required it has been a great thing.. With KL Rahul stripped of his vice-captaincy after the Delhi Test and removed from the playing XI owing to a poor run of form, in stepped Shubman Gill to open for India..

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