Former Australia white-ball captain Aaron Finch has shot down India captain Rohit Sharma’s suggestion of holding a best of 3 matches for the ICC World Test Championship, calling it a waste of time.
India had yet another ICC tournament failure on Sunday, losing the World Test Championship final 2023 to Australia by a comprehensive margin of 209 runs. The top batters got a good start but none was able to build on it to save the day for the team. Day 5 saw India throw in the towel just in a couple of hours.
Talking to the press after the loss, skipper Rohit Sharma seemed to blame the scheduling and the lack of fairness in the one-off nature of the WTC final and suggested a three-match series instead.
“In a big event like this, you need to have fair opportunities to both the teams. You know, a three-match series would be nice, but it’s about finding that window where it can be fit in,” he said.
However, Finch, opined that getting in a series instead of a one-off final was an issue of scheduling and also that additional matches could also turn out to be just a waste of time.
“I think it’s just the reality of the scheduling and the time constraints on fixtures at the moment. I’ve got no issues with it, I think if it’s drawn out over three Tests, what happens if a team gets annihilated? It becomes a bit of a waste of time.
We all play sport for the wins and the losses… I don’t have any issue with it at all,” he told sen.com.au.
Australia, after their WTC 2023 Final win, became the first team to win all the ICC trophies.
