The toss has been the focus of considerable attention throughout the 2023 World Cup.
This may also be due to the strengths of a particular team. For example, South Africa clearly prioritized batting first. In other cases, the discussion focused on conditions and differences between innings. For example, England felt that their poor defense, which had a batting average of .282 in the opening game of the tournament, was hampered by the dew, and they were prevented from batting first. They then decided to play him in four of his next five games, all of which he lost.
In the final, neither Australia nor India favor toss decisions as strongly as South Africa. Both sides have an even split in the matches won by either batting first or chasing, but India, who were chasing in the first five matches, have opted to bat first in each of the last three matches. Australia, on the other hand, have actually won the toss only twice in their eight-game winning streak, opting to go ahead against the Netherlands and chase Bangladesh in the final group match in Pune.
How significant will the toss be at Ahmedabad?
So far, the chasing team has won three of the four matches played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in this tournament. The only exception to this pattern was the unlucky England who were unable to beat his 286 points for Australia in early November. Tau has been a factor on the ground in previous games, and the slightly cooler weather in late November could increase his role in the game.
After the Australia vs. England match, Adam Zampa said the dew played a bigger role than expected. It held a little bit over the wicket, but it was still a little slow. It was difficult to get wickets, but I think we did a really good job in terms of increasing our rate a little bit. But yeah, it was pretty wet.
“The ball was changed around the 40 over mark, which we didn’t really ask for. The ball got wet when we hit it on the carpet, but it stayed wet throughout the innings. It was quite dry compared to the first match in Chennai.”
There are two effects of dew. Firstly, it becomes difficult to grip the ball and the ability to bowl slow balls becomes difficult not only for spinners but also for seamers. The pitch will then be accelerated, improving conditions for his No. 2 hitter on the team.
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In big games, it is common to bat first and use the pressure on the scoreboard to your advantage, but there is no historical statistical evidence that batting first is preferable to batting second and winning in World Cup finals. .
Ahead of the final, Australian captain Pat Cummins has opened up about the dilemma he may face in the draw. Do you want your team to avoid playing during the hottest part of the day or the least dewy part of the day?
“Hitting during the day has to be balanced. It might be a little bit easier than under lights, but we know it can fall apart late in the second inning,” Cummins said. he said.
“Again, it might just be the last quarter of the game, but once it settles down and the ball keeps sliding, it’s completely different.”
Mr Cummins’ counterpart Rohit Sharma downplayed the potential risk that Russia would significantly impact the situation. “As far as the change in conditions is concerned, the temperature has actually come down a bit,” Rohit said. “I don’t know how strong the effect of dew is. Because in the match against Pakistan, there was a lot of dew during the pre-match training, but there was no dew during the match.”
Ultimately, Rohit was of the opinion that the toss did not determine the outcome. “Even when we were practicing at Wankhede a few days ago, there was a lot of dew, but on match day there wasn’t that much, so I keep saying the toss is not a problem.”< /p>
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