Former India batsman VVS Laxman said India will start as favourites in the upcoming World Test Championship final against New Zealand starting on June 18 in Southampton, England. The wristy Hyderabad batsman said the team which bats well in the first innings will dictate terms in the Test match. They will play another Test match at the same venue where the WTC final will take place in less than two weeks’ time. India, on the other hand, have just landed in England and will play the WTC final without any practice match. All the senior players started getting injured one after the other and then you had the almost second-string Indian team taking on a mighty Australian team in its backyard.

Source: Hindustan Times June 05, 2021 13:07 UTC