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Sunil Gavaskar wants ICC to devise a formula to pick the winner of WTC

22 Jun, 2021
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Sunil Gavaskar wants ICC to devise a formula to pick the winner of WTC
22 Jun, 2021 By Editor

Incessant rains in the WTC final have left fans and experts frustrated. The ICC has kept a reserved day to compensate for the loss of any play in the first five days. However, with the first and fourth day being washed out completely and the second and third too getting affected by bad weather, it looks highly unlikely to secure a definite result in the Test match.

In case the match ends in a draw, the trophy is to be shared between the two sides.

Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar wants the ICC to come up with a formula to decide a winner in the all-important final.

"It seems that the World Test Championship final will end up as a draw and the trophy will be shared. This will be the first time that the trophy will be shared in a final. In football, they have a penalty shoot out or they have some other method to decide a winner. In Tennis, there are five sets and there is a tie-breaker," Gavaskar told AajTak.

"There must be a formula to pick a winner in case of a drawn World Test Championship final. ICC's cricket committee should think and then take a decision," Gavaskar added.

With the ICC already having decided the playing conditions for the game, it remains to be seen if they consider the suggestions which have been pouring in from all the corners

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