WTC final: I think we will adapt quickly and perform like we did in Australia - Ravichandran Ashwin

India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has said that World Test Championship (WTC) final will be challenging as India players will be playing for the first time after the suspension of IPL 2021. Notably, New Zealand, the second finalists, will face England before the summit clash.

India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is blessed with a proper cricketing brain and people do listen carefully when he speaks. He is certainly the part of India's Test team leadership group and getting into his brain ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final can be really insightful. India and New Zealand are set to face each other in the summit clash and there is one thing which bothering fans and seemingly the cricketers who will face Kane Williamson's side, too. The Kiwis face England in a 2-Test series ahead of the WTC final and that can give them further edge in conditions they are already more familiar to. Ashwin has reckoned that while it will definitely be challenging for India to face New Zealand after a decent gap from cricketing actions, watching New Zealand lock horns against England can give Team India 'valuable lessons'. Ashwin also believes that India will adapt and quickly and replicate their performance from Australia.