WTC Final: India play an ICC tournament final exactly 4 years after Champions Trophy loss to Pakistan

India will be hoping that they would have a more favourable result than what they did when they faced a resurgent Pakistan side in the final of the Champions Trophy on June 18, 2017.

India face New Zealand in the first World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton starting on Friday. The match is a culmination of a campaign that started off with a two-Test series against Sri Lanka for New Zealand that started on August 14, 2019 and a two-Test series against the West Indies for India on August 22, 2019. Incidentally, India played another International Cricket Council (ICC) tournament final on the same day four years ago. On that occasion, Virat Kohli's men faced arch-rivals Pakistan in the final of the Champions Trophy at The Oval. India would be hoping that the WTC final would end in a more favourable result for them than how the Champions Trophy final turned out to be. They went into the match as outright favourites against a Pakistan team whom they had thrashed by 124 runs earlier in the tournament.