The Ageas Bowl will be buzzing when India take on New Zealand in the World Test Championship final.
It all started with the Ashes two years ago at Edgbaston and will finish with either India or New Zealand or both taking home the Test Championship Mace.
It all went down the wire till the last Test. The Kiwis were the first team to qualify for the final. And then India showed their class to finish as table toppers with a convincing 3-1 series win over England, the final one of the WTC.
It wasn't a straightforward ride for the Kiwis and they suffered some bumps en route to the final. Now that they have, they start slight favourites against Virat Kohli's India.
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It was the first time the players mixed with their teammates on the ground after being allowed to run in the gymnasium and the main playing field at different time slots on completion of the third day of their hard quarantine in the UK.
Given both sides are stacked with game-changing players, fans will have plenty of exciting battles to look forward to. Here, we take a look at some of them.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has prohibited bowlers from applying saliva to the ball.