The battle to reach the final of the World Test Championship in 2025 continues between Australia, India and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka recently defeated New Zealand 2-0 in the 2-match Test series at home. Now the Sri Lankan cricket team is going to tour South Africa at the end of November, where a 2-Test series will be played. By winning this series, the Sri Lankan cricket team has taken a big step to strengthen its claim for the final of the World Test Championship.
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Sri Lanka cricket team has included former All-Africa legend Neil McKenzie in its coaching unit for the 2-Test series against South Africa. McKenzie will serve as the consultant coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team for the Test series in Africa tour.
This information was given by the Sri Lanka Cricket Board, CEO Ashley de Silva said that McKenzie is well aware of the situation in Africa. In such a situation, apart from the players, the team will also get benefit from it. McKenzie has performed brilliantly for Africa. He has scored 3523 runs in 58 test matches at an average of 37.39.
The WTC final battle was very exciting
A few months ago it seemed that India and Australia were the biggest contenders for the upcoming Test Championship final. But New Zealand has made this battle very exciting by sweeping India in the 3 test match series. Currently, in the WTC final, Australia is in first place with 62.50 points, while India is in second place with 58.33 PCT points. Sri Lanka is at fourth position in the list with 55.56 and New Zealand with 54.55 PCT points.
Now Sri Lanka has also become a contender in the battle for the WTC final. In such a situation, Sri Lanka is taking the South Africa tour very seriously. The first match of the 2-Test series between Africa and Sri Lanka will be played from 27th November, while the second match will be played from 5th December.