The famous Australian all-rounder thinks it will be challenging for the players to go straight from the high-octane Indian Premier League (IPL) to the pressures of the red-ball ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final.
For Australian legend and all-rounder Shane Watson, the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final will be a challenging transition from the fast-paced Indian Premier League (IPL) to the rigors of high-level Test cricket with the red ball. The World Tennis Championship Final is scheduled for June 7-11 at The Oval. The Test Mace is at stake as Australia, captained by Pat Cummins, takes on India, headed by Rohit Sharma.
Many Indian cricketers and a select few Australians competed in the IPL, which concluded on May 29. In June 2021, after the IPL, the final WTC final was held in England, including players such as Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, and Mohammed Shami, as well as captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, and Ravichandran Ashwin.
There’s no denying that the boys are in for a rough ride during this changeover. In an interview with ESPNcricinfo, Watson recommended that players “get as much volume as they can facing new balls, trying to get the nets as spiced up as possible.”
That’s the only way to get the ball back under your eyes and into your swing. You do need an aggressive mindset, he said, but you also need to know which balls are safe to shoot at and which ones carry a greater danger.
Watson thinks the players’ practice time should be used efficiently. “The thing you’ve got to understand is what you really need to work on if you’ve only got a couple of days,” Watson advised.
Watson suggested ways in which English batters may acclimatize to the Dukes’ ball. For me, the deciding factor was the quality of my defense. As a result, I had to focus on confronting the moving ball, on either batting against bowlers who used a moving ball or on obtaining throws against a moving ball, and on both locking in defensively and facing the ball squarely. You are also beginning to consider the possibility of going out without the ball. Find out where the peril is, especially along the paths that bowlers might take. The ex-Australian all-rounder predicted that Cameron Green and the rest of the team would have their hands full with the Duke’s ball due to its continuous swing.
