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The final of the second edition of the World Test Championship is being played between India and Australia. In this match being played at Kennington Oval in London, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Indian team has landed with a combination of four fast bowlers and one spinner. Apart from this, Team India has come on the field with five specialist batsmen and one wicketkeeper.
This is the second consecutive World Cup final of the Indian team. Earlier in 2021, the team played the final against New Zealand in Southampton. Then he had to face an eight-wicket defeat at the hands of the Kiwis. This time the Indian team has set out to end the drought of the last 10 years of the ICC trophy. In this effort, Team India has also made a lot of changes in this Test final as compared to the previous edition.
Team India of 2021 final
When Team India entered the final against New Zealand in 2021, the team combination was different. Then Virat Kohli was the captain. The Indian team has five specialist batsmen in the form of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat and Ajinkya Rahane, one wicket-keeper batsman in the form of Rishabh Pant, two spinners in the form of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami and Jasprit. There were three fast bowlers in the form of Bumrah. However, then Ashwin bowled better than Jadeja. Ashwin took four wickets in both the innings, while Jadeja got one wicket. Then the head coach was also Ravi Shastri.
India:Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jaspreet Bumrah.
New Zealand: Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson, Neil Wagner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.
Team India in 2023 final -
At the same time, Pant, Ashwin, Ishant and Bumrah are not in the team for the 2023 World Test Championship final against Australia. Pant and Bumrah are injured and are in rehab. Ishant has not been included in the squad itself. At the same time, Ashwin has been kept out of the playing-11 after seeing the pitch report. The captain is also not Virat this time, but Rohit Sharma. The pitch has grass and overcast condition. In such a situation, this pitch can prove to be helpful for fast bowlers. That's why the team management decided to replace a spinner with an extra pace bowler in the form of Shardul Thakur. At the same time, this time the head coach of Team India is also Rahul Dravid.
India:Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Shrikar Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
What happened in the last final against New Zealand?
Batting first, India scored 217 runs in 92.1 overs and got all out. Rahane was dismissed after scoring 49 runs, Virat 44 runs, Rohit 34 runs and Shubman 28 runs. Ashwin scored 22, Pujara eight, Pant four, Jadeja 15, Ishant four and Bumrah returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Kyle Jamieson took five wickets, while Trent Boult and Neil Wagner took two wickets each. Saudi got a wicket.
In response, New Zealand's first innings was reduced to 249 runs in 99.2 overs. Devon Conway was out after scoring 54 runs, Kane Williamson 49 runs, Tom Latham and Saudi 30-30 runs. Ross Taylor 11 runs, Henry Nicholls seven runs, Watling one run, Colin de Grandhomme 13 runs, Jameson 21 runs and Wagner was out without opening the account. Shami took four and Ishant took three wickets. Ashwin got two and Jadeja got one wicket.
The Indian team was all out for 170 runs in 73 overs in their second innings. Pant had scored the maximum 41 runs. Rohit 30 runs, Shubman eight runs, Pujara 15 runs, Kohli 13 runs, Rahane 15 runs, Jadeja 16 runs, Ashwin seven runs, Shami 13 runs and Bumraha got out without opening the account. Southee took four, Boult three and Jameson took two wickets. Wagner got a wicket. In this way, India had set a target of
139 runs in front of New Zealand.
The modest target was achieved by New Zealand in 45.5 overs with the loss of two wickets. Tom Latham was dismissed for nine runs and Devon Conway for 19 runs. Both of them were sent to the pavilion by Ashwin. At the same time, captain Kane Williamson remained unbeaten after scoring 52 runs and Ross Taylor scored 47 runs and made the Kiwi team the Test champion.
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