{"id":5968,"date":"2023-04-27T12:51:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T07:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=303792"},"modified":"2023-04-27T12:51:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T07:21:37","slug":"wtc-finals-icc-to-use-dukes-ball-for-india-vs-australia-in-the-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/wtc-finals-icc-to-use-dukes-ball-for-india-vs-australia-in-the-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"WTC Finals: ICC to use Dukes ball for India vs Australia in the Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cricket world is gearing up for the highly anticipated World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and Australia, which is scheduled to be held at The Oval in London from June 7 to June 11. The reserve day, June 12, has also been kept in place to ensure that the match is not affected by any unforeseen circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>The Oval will be a neutral venue in every sense as the conditions are not close to what they get back home, and the ball too will be different from what they use in their respective home seasons.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s skipper Rohit Sharma is well aware of the challenge that the Dukes ball presents, and has made preparations accordingly. During the post-match press conference after the Ahmedabad Test, Rohit said that \u201csome Duke balls\u201d will be sent to WTC-bound bowlers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sending some Duke balls to all fast bowlers, and if they get some time to bowl with that, but again it all depends on individuals. Guys who will be part of the final are not the guys who have not played in the UK, and maybe one or two guys here and there, and rest all of us have played in that part of the world. I don\u2019t think it will be a huge problem. But yeah, look I believe in preparation, and preparations will be key for us come the final,\u201d Rohit had said after the drawn fourth Test vs Australia last month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\">\n<div class=\"text-base gap-4 md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-xl xl:max-w-3xl p-4 md:py-6 flex lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Although India typically uses SG balls for their home fixtures and Australia uses the Kookaburra, the International Cricket Council (ICC) uses the ball of choice of the host country for all ICC events, including the World Test Championship (WTC) final. In this instance, England is the host country, and they use the Dukes ball. The WTC final between India and New Zealand in England last year was also played with the Dukes ball.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-between lg:block\">\n<div class=\"text-gray-400 flex self-end lg:self-center justify-center mt-2 gap-2 md:gap-3 lg:gap-1 lg:absolute lg:top-0 lg:translate-x-full lg:right-0 lg:mt-0 lg:pl-2 visible\">\n<p>While both teams will be looking to put their best foot forward in the WTC final, the unpredictable English weather could also play a significant role in the outcome of the match. The reserve day has been kept in place to ensure that the match is not affected by rain or any other unforeseen circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cricket world is gearing up for the highly anticipated World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and Australia, which\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":28900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2194,1540],"class_list":["post-5968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-icc-world-test-championship","tag-wtc-finals"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}