The final of the maiden ICC Test Championship will end on an interesting note with two champions of the red ball. India and New Zealand have entered the 6th day (reserve day) of the one-off test match which is likely to end with no result.
India has resumed the last day on 64/2 and it is leading. The blue caps made 217 runs in the first inning and New Zealand made 249.
It is highly likable that the maiden ICC Test Championship will end with two champions.
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The game remained heavily rain-affected as recurrent showers disrupted the final of the championship and not a single ball could be bowled on the first and fourth days.
Some 10 wickets fell on the fifth day of the match. Mohammed Shami and Tim Southee from India and Kiwis respectively shone in the overcast conditions.
The blue caps made it to the final of the test championship after winning 12 matches in 6 series while New Zealand registered 7 wins in 5 series.
The winner will get $1.6 million while the runners-up will be awarded $0.8 million.
In case of a draw, the prize money will be shared equally between the finalists as well as ICC Test Championship Mace.
Meanwhile, two fans were expelled from the stadium on the fifth day of the test match in the Ageas Bowl.
ICC said that they received a complaint that two spectators hurled racist slurs on New Zealand players and the security teams identified them.