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Lord’s expected to lose nearly 4 million pounds in revenue after India fail to qualify for WTC final: Report | Cricket News

Lord’s expected to lose nearly 4 million pounds in revenue after India fail to qualify for WTC final: Report | Cricket News

With India failing to qualify for the World Test Championship final, host Lord’s is expected to lose nearly 4 million pounds in revenue, according to a report by The Times. The final will be played between Australia and South Africa from June 11 to 15 of this year. India, who were runners up in the last 2 finals against New Zealand and Australia respectively, could not punch their tickets for their third consecutive summit clash after they lost 0-3 to New Zealand at home and then went down 3-1 to Australia in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. South Africa would top the WTC table while Australia would come second. India would ebnd up finishing third in the points table followed by New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England, Bangladesh, West Indies and Pakistan. Story continues below this ad “Lord’s is set to generate nearly £4million less in revenue for the upcoming ICC World Test Championship final after India’s failure to qualify,” The Times report said. “…the absence of India has significantly curtailed the financial windfall expected by Marylebone …