The Indian team has reached the final of the World Test Championship for the second time in a row. They last faced defeat in 2021 against New Zealand in the title match.
Team India has been announced for the final of the World Test Championship. The Indian team will take on Australia in the final match to be held from June 7 to 11. This match will be played at The Oval in England.
🚨 NEWS 🚨#TeamIndia squad for ICC World Test Championship 2023 Final announced.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) April 25, 2023
Rohit Sharma will continue to captain the team. He is accompanied by Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rahane and KL Rahul in the team. KS Bharat has been selected as the specialist wicketkeeper. Among the fast bowlers are Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami and Jaydev Unadkat. At the same time, the responsibility of the spin department will be on Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
Players dropped for World Test Championship final Squad
Suryakumar Yadav, who was involved in the last Test series against Australia, has not been selected in the team. Apart from Suryakumar, Kuldeep Yadav and Ishan Kishan are also not in the team selected for the third and fourth Test against the Kangaroo team. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer is away from professional cricket for a long time due to injury. He could not even play in IPL.
India’s Squad for WTC Final 2023: The Indian team has reached the final of the World Test Championship for the second time in a row. He last faced defeat in 2021 against New Zealand in the title match.
Rahane has played 82 Tests for India
Ajinkya Rahane played the last Test for India on 11 January 2022 against South Africa. He was dropped from the team after that match. He has scored 4932 runs in 82 Tests for India at an average of 38.52. During this, 12 centuries and 25 half-centuries have come out of his bat. Rahane, who has captained India in many matches, has returned to Team India after 15 months.
Rahane got the benefit of performance in Ranji Trophy and IPL
Rahane has scored just one half-century in his last Test innings. For this reason he was dropped from the team. Rahane has done exceptionally well in the last season of Ranji Trophy. Scored 634 runs at an average of 57.63 with the help of two centuries for Mumbai. However, his team could not reach the knockouts.
Rahane performed brilliantly in IPL. He has scored 209 runs in five innings at an average of 52.25 for Chennai Super Kings, captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. His strike rate is 199.04. Rahane got the benefit of this and he was selected in the team. They also benefited from Shreyas Iyer’s absence and Suryakumar Yadav’s poor Test performance.
India Test Team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.
The last time there was a defeat in the final of the Test Championship
The Indian team has reached the final of the World Test Championship for the second time in a row. He last faced defeat in 2021 against New Zealand in the title match. Team India performed brilliantly in the 2021-23 season of the Test Championship. They finished second in the points table behind Australia.
