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  WTC Final | Tim Paine apologises to New Zealand for predicting India would be easy winners

  Cricket | June 26, 2021 14:50 IST

  New Zealand received USD 1.6 million (Rs 12 crore approximately) along with an ICC Test Championship Mace for winning the rain-marred inaugural Test championship final.

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  Inaugural WTC champions New Zealand return home with ICC mace

  Cricket | June 26, 2021 14:36 IST

  However, the team's inspirational skipper Kane Williamson and a few others were not part of the group that landed here on Saturday morning.

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  WTC Final | ICC should introduce neutral curators for next cycle: Mohinder Amarnath

  Cricket | June 25, 2021 23:25 IST

  Amarnath said the games finishing in two days like the day-night Test against England in Ahmedabad is not fair competition.

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  WTC Final | No victory parade for New Zealand due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Cricket | June 25, 2021 23:12 IST

  The Kiwis, who beat India by eight wickets in the World Test Championship final this week, will go straight into a 14-day quarantine on arrival home via Singapore.

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  Dilip Vengsarkar questions Virat Kohli's 'intent' after India's defeat in WTC Final

  Cricket | June 25, 2021 21:01 IST

  Stretching India's eight-year wait for ICC silverware, Kohli's men suffered an eight-wicket loss against the Kiwis on the final day of the marquee clash. 

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  Dilip Vengsarkar 'amazed' at Team India's 20-day break post WTC Final

  Cricket | June 25, 2021 20:50 IST

  The players have a three-week break before they reassemble in the UK on July 14 for the five Tests against England beginning in Nottingham from August 4.

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  Removing Virat Kohli as India captain would be an absolute crime against cricket: Graeme Swann

  Cricket | June 25, 2021 19:21 IST

  Under Kohli, India has finished as the No.1-ranked Test side for five consecutive years. He recently also surpassed MS Dhoni's record for most Test matches as the captain of the Indian team.

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  WTC Final: Opening bowling with Kyle Jamieson on Day 6 was a masterstroke: Brendon McCullum

  Cricket | June 25, 2021 18:10 IST

  McCullum, who captained the team to the 2015 World Cup final, was happy that stalwarts Williamson and Ross Taylor completed the winning formalities.

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  Virender Sehwag's Mirzapur meme after India loss in WTC Final goes viral

  Cricket | June 25, 2021 15:15 IST

  Former India opener Virender Sehwag shared a meme from popular web series Mirzapur after India's loss in WTC Final.

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  Will take a couple of weeks to sink in: Southee on WTC triumph

  Cricket | June 25, 2021 12:46 IST

  Southee believes that the crucial wickets of India captain Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara on the final day had set up his side's triumph.

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  ICC congratulates New Zealand for clinching World Test Championship title

  Cricket | June 25, 2021 12:40 IST

  It is the first major ICC trophy for New Zealand, who had reached back-to-back ODI World Cup final in 2015 and 2019, since 2000.

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  WTC Final: New Zealand players head home after great night of celebrations

  Cricket | June 25, 2021 11:22 IST

  Crowned the world Test champions after a two-year grind, the New Zealand players let their hair down as they celebrated the emphatic eight-wicket win over India. 

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  Ishant Sharma gets stitches on his right hand ahead of England Test series

  Cricket | June 24, 2021 23:00 IST

  The senior pacer sustained the injury while trying to stop a drive off his own bowling in the New Zealand second innings during the World Test Championship Final.

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  'This isn't just a team, it's a family': Virat Kohli after WTC Final defeat

  Cricket | June 24, 2021 22:35 IST

  India faced an eight-wicket defeat in the final of the World Test Championship against New Zealand.

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  New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson visits historic Hambledon Cricket Club with WTC mace

  Cricket | June 24, 2021 22:01 IST

  The ICC on Thursday shared photos of Williamson where he was seen posing with the WTC mace at the historic venue.

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  Test cricket is the biggest platform if a player wants to be successful: Sourav Ganguly

  Cricket | June 24, 2021 19:38 IST

  Ganguly, one of the most successful Indian captains, underlined the importance of Test cricket and said that the format is the "biggest platform" one can get.

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  WTC Final | Ross Taylor: The unsung hero who carried New Zealand through

  Cricket | June 24, 2021 18:23 IST

  Taylor, who began his Test career in 2007, has quietly rolled up 14 years of Test cricket, playing 108 Tests and racking up 7,564 runs.

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  Michael Vaughan takes dig at Virat Kohli after Indian skipper calls for best-of-three WTC final

  Cricket | June 24, 2021 17:47 IST

  Kohli feels the best Test team in the world should not be decided by a one-off game like it was in the inaugural edition. The Indian unit had lost their opening Tests against Australia and England before staging a stellar comeback.

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  Two years of agony and heartbreak before 'nice guys' New Zealand finally clinched ICC silverware

  Cricket | June 24, 2021 16:56 IST

  Rain and bad light played spoilsport for the most part of the WTC final but there were no "lucky" deflections off the bat or "scrappy" boundary count rule to ruin New Zealand's party.

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  New Zealand were 'deserved winners', says Ravi Shastri after WTC Final loss

  Cricket | June 24, 2021 16:26 IST

  Team India head coach Ravi Shastri congratulated New Zealand on their win in the final of the World Test Championship.