Rahane knows there will be no chance for comebacks in this one-off tussle. It is the responsibility of the batting unit to come good. They will play a key role. We have our own individual plans. I will be playing my natural game. it doesn't matter what my personal record is in England. I like to be in the present. As long as we are winning, the past doesn't matter. If the chips are down and Idnia are in early trouble, who better than Rahane to wipe the slate clean and start fresh. There are two seasons one generally gets to see in England. One, when it rains. The ot her, when it's about to rain. And then there are those dry patches between June and August they call summer. How dry this eyar's 'patch' stays will determine the course of Test cricket's first-ever World Championship Final (WTC), starting this weekend. Conversely put, how wet England gets over the next few days will determine which team has an upper hand when the Test begins. As TOI pointed out on Wednesday, batting will have to be far more impactful particularly for India than what has been the case with their top-order of late. On the flipside, though, and reasonable, so expect this to be a bowler's Test. They're all capable of those proverbial peaches. Nine bowlers from India and New Zealand, five from India and four from New Zealand figure in the top 20 of ICC rankings. That's been more or less the case for two years now the cycle that made for the WTC. These same set of bowlers will most likely to in action when Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson walk out for the toss on Friday morning. Should there be a touch of wetness in the conditions, New Zealand will have an advantage. The drier it stays, the more it will help India. The on-field economics will essentially drive the purchase.
