Ganguly: India-New Zealand World Test Championship final in Southampton

India will play their inaugural World Test Championship final against New Zealand at Southamptons Ageas Bowl Stadium from June 1822 BCCI president Sourav Ganguly confirmed on MondayInitially the final was supposed to be held at the Lords but Southampton with a fivestar facility inside the stadium will make it easier for both the ICC and the England and Wales Cricket Board to create a biobubble for the two teamsYes the final will be held at Ageas Bowl Ganguly replied to a query from PTIIndia qualified for the marquee clash after beating England 31 in a justconcluded Test seriesThe BCCI president who has been on a medical break after undergoing a bypass surgery is expected to travel to UK to watch the final match Southampton with its slowish track puts India on even keel with New Zealand as spinners will come into the game at the venueI will go for the World Test Championship and hopefully we can get past New Zealand in the final New Zealand will be there before us and they will play a couple of Test matches against England Ganguly told India Today channel He lavished praise on the team for its stupendous performance in both the away series against Australia and home games against EnglandMassive achievementOh yes specially after what players have gone through to be in those bubbles and play cricket day in and day out It was remarkable Right from IPL till now What they have achieved is fantastic he told the channelI think we must congratulate Ajinkya Rahane first in Australia and Virat Kohli in England the head coach support staff everybody Rahul Dravid who does a lot of work behind the scenes with these boys To see that day in Brisbane was outstanding he saidGanguly believes that Rishabh Pant is a match winner in the mould of Virender Sehwag Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni I have seen him for past two years and I have belief in matchwinners A player who on his day will win you games Pant is one such guy Sydney Test if he had been there for six more overs he would have won us that game too He is like Dhoni Sehwag and Yuvraj who can win matches alone said the former India captainHe was mighty impressed with Pants game sense during his under pressure hundred at Motera and look at how he played in Ahmedabad His game sense while facing the second new ball against James Anderson who has bowled well in the series He counterattacked and changed itHe also lauded National Cricket Academy head Rahul Dravid whose behind the scenes work has helped in creating a solid bench strength Thats why I say Dravid has done a great job Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur did so well in Australia and we won the final Test without Jasprit BumrahOn his health he said that it was a small blemish but he is back to work now He will be in Ahmedabad to watch the second and third T20 Internationals I am fit and absolutely fine Gods been kind and its been a small blemish Theres some adjustment Back to work for a while nowAbout his minor heart attack he said I really dont see it as a scare You know as you grow older adjustments happen in the body and it was a very small oneAs they say you need to address it immediately cut stitch or break and thats the best part of itThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever