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English cricket commentator Michael Vaughan believes that Kane Williamson will outscore Virat Kohli in the forthcoming English summer. Both India and New Zealand will play against England in a Test series. After the test series that will also lock horns with each other in the WTC final. New Zealand Cricket Board has announced a 20-member squad for their upcoming Test tour of England. This also includes the ICC World Test Championship final against Virat Kohli and the team. The Indian cricket team is going to play the World Test Championship final against New Zealand at Southampton from June 18-22. After the conclusion of the WTC, India will take on England in a five-match test series.
NZ to play 2 Test against England before WTC final
Both Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson's respective Test teams will be in England from later this month. New Zealand will play two Tests against Joe Root-led Test side before turning up in the World Test Championship final against India. On the other hand, Kohli & Co. will remain in the United Kingdom after the WTC final to play five Tests against the English side from August-September.
Thus, both Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli will have a chance to stamp their authority in England conditions. So far, the Indian skipper Virat Kohli has 727 runs at an average of 36.35 in England. This also includes the memorable 2018-19 series where he scored 595 runs. On the contrary, the Kiwi skipper Williamson has 247 runs, at an average of 30.87, along with a solitary century.
It will be thrilling to see how these two stars respond to the English challenges. Both the respective teams will lock horns in the forthcoming ICC World Test Championship final on June 18 at The Rose Bowl, Southampton. India and New Zealand last faced each other in 2020. That test series saw the Kiwis prevail, 2-0, in their own conditions.
New Zealand squad:
Kane Williamson (capt), Doug Bracewell, Colin de Grandhomme, Ross Taylor, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Devon Conway, Tim Southee, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner, Ajaz Patel, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, BJ Watling (wk), Will Young.
India's squad:
Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain) Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Scrikchami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Md. Siraj, KL Rahul (subject to fitness clearance), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper; subject to fitness clearance).