Southampton: An unusual thing happened on the field today on Day 5 of the World Test Champio ship Final (WTC Final). Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah, perhaps unknowingly entered the field wearing team India's regular Test jersey. (The one India wore during the home series against England) All the other 10 players were wearing the special jersey that is designed for the WTC Final.
Bumrah was looking the odd-man-out among the India team members. Bumrah was noticeable as he opened the proceedings with the ball for Inda on Day 5.
Later someone must have spotted this from the Indian team. Bumrah then went inside and changed his jersey and wore India's jersey tat is designed for the WTC Final. Check out both the images below:
Bumrah during the first over of Day 5
Bumrah after changing the jersey on Day 5
After Bumrah bowled the 50th over, he went into the dressing room and changed his t-shirt back to the new one designed for WTC Final. Meanwhile, India vs New Zealand World Test Championship is heading towards becoming the best sad story of 2021 due to the constant rain delays. There were just 141 overs bowled till the end of Day 4. The constant delays have led to this match heading in the direction of a draw.
If the WTC final gets washed out by rain and ends without any result, then both India and New Zealand teams will be declared joint winners. The winning prize money will be divided equally between both the teams. 12 lakh dollars (INR 8.78 crore) each, will be given to both India and New Zealand.