With one foot in WTC final, India thinking of simulating English conditions

India are on course to reach their second straight World Test Championship final and if they end up winning here a pacefriendly track could be laid out in the final game of the series in Ahmedabad to prepare for the summit clash in London in JuneBefore the start of the BorderGavaskar trophy India needed to beat Australia 30 or 31 to qualify for the WTC final and keep the destiny in their own handsIndia skipper Rohit Sharma doesnt want to jump the gun but ahead of the third Test beginning at the Holkar Stadium on Wednesday he said the team has already spoken about simulating English conditions in the fourth and final game against AustraliaThere is a strong possibility that India might end up facing Australia in the WTC finalIt will be a different ball game facing Australia in England for both teams actually There is definitely a possibility of that Ahmedabad as preparatory game for WTC final We have already spoken about it We need to get the guys ready for it Rohit said in a media interactionAlso Read India look to seal WTC final spot Australia seek redemptionThe WTC final will be played at The Oval in London from June 711 right after the IPL Rohit Sharma said Shardul Thakur becomes an important member of the side in overseas conditionsThe important one is Shardul Thakur because he comes into the planning for us We dont know how ready he is since he has just got married laughs We dont know how many overs he has bowled But that thought process is definitely thereIf we get the result we want here Indore we might think of doing something different in Ahmedabad for sureBut we are not there yet We have to win this game and then talk about it Thatll be the right thing to do he saidYou are never in on these wicketsIndia are well on their way to their 16th straight series win at home Rohit feels reaching the WTC final will be a big achievement for his team as winning even at home has not been easyYes there are home conditions but they are challenging conditions it is not easy for the batters to score runs consistentlyAustralia have collapsed in the second innings of both the Tests and Rohit said it shows how hard it is to play in Indian conditionsYeahthats the beauty of this game and the pitches we are playing on It can happen to us as well not just them I played 200 balls in Nagpur and never felt set It just takes one ball to grip or keep low and you are out On pitches like this you are never inYes we have quality spinners who can change things around just like that but that does not give us the guarantee that we are going to win the Test or roll them over in one session We have got to keep the discipline going he saidRohit promised that the spinners will keep coming at the Australians relentlessly as the visitors look to find ways to slow down the momentum generated by Ashwin and CoIt comes very naturally to Ravindra Jadeja Sometimes it is difficult as captain If you want to push a fielder a couple of yards behind Jadeja is already running inIt is a very valid point You dont want to give the opposition time to think what they want to do These are small tactical things that are very important said RohitHaving scored the only hundred of the series Rohit is expecting more runs from the top order and wants the lowerorder comprising Jadeja Axar Patel and Ashwin to carry on in the same veinLast game specifically after 139 for seven to get to 260 was a great effort In this team Axar Jadeja and Ashwin bat in the lower order but Axar when he plays domestic cricket he bats at five They all are quality batters It doesnt matter whether runs come from top or lower order the end result for the team is what matters We are in a stage we can create that depth in our battingYes the runs have not come from the top order as expected but the quality they bring to the table that is what matters to us said the skipperTest matches should be organised everywhere in countryThe crowd turnout in the first two Tests made a good advert for Test cricket and a big crowd is expected too on day one of the third Test hereWhen he was captain Virat Kohli wanted Test cricket to be played in five centres around the country but Rohit said it should be taken everywhereAll the Test centres we are playing in we have got decent crowds in almost every game Delhi was quite surprising The crowd in Delhi was superb We have not seen many people turn up in big centres especially That was how other centres started getting Tests Test cricket should be played everywhere in India Why just big centres We want to take the game to all parts of India he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever