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In the second consecutive edition, there was only disappointment at the hands of the Indian team. The same happened with the Indian team in the final of the World Test Championship which happened in the year 2021. This time the Australian team won the title along with the match by 209 runs.
In the final match played at the Oval, the way Team India's batsmen had presented the scene from the beginning, this result was feared. Let us tell you that the top order batsmen of the Indian team disappointed the team very much on important occasions. These batsmen embarrassed India by playing bad shots and Team India's dream of winning the World Test Championship was shattered.
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Actually, Team India lost the final match of the World Test Championship 2023 for the second time in a row. Team India was defeated by Australia by 209 runs. Chasing a target of 444 runs, the Indian team was all out for 234 in the first session of the last day. In the second innings, no batsman of the Indian team could score 50 plus. Virat Kohli got out after scoring 49 runs.
Let us tell you that while chasing 469 runs, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill definitely played great shots, but both the openers could not stay at the crease for long. Gill lost his wicket. After this, Captain Rohit was also dismissed. In such a situation, Pujara was also nothing special. In the first innings, Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur made a great partnership and took the team to 296 runs.
Explain that the Australian team had given a target of 444 runs to the Indian team to win the final of the World Test Championship . In such a situation, all the three batsmen of Team India were expected to play big innings, but the trinity of the Indian team appeared to be a flop. Captain Rohit Sharma lost his wicket by playing a bad shot.
Captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed by Pat Cummins in the fourth day's play. Rohit played the sweep shot without thinking and during this he lost his wicket. Captain Rohit Sharma scored 15 runs in 26 balls in the first innings. He got out after scoring 43 runs in the second innings.
Apart from Rohit, Cheteshwar Pujara also played a bad shot and WTC also looked like a flop. Pujara could score 14 runs in the first innings. At the same time, in the second innings, Pujara scored 27 runs off 47 balls.
Apart from this , everyone had expectations from Virat Kohli that he would win the title of WTC Final to Team India, but when the Indian team came on the field in the fifth day's play, Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring just 5 runs .
Kohli was also dismissed after playing a bad shot. Kohli was caught by Steve Smith in the slips off Scott Boland. King Kohli got out after scoring 49 runs. After this wicket, the whole match turned upside down.
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