We all are waiting for 7th June, aren’t we? Its going to be the 2nd World Test Championship final and what will be India and Australia’s playing XI.
This time India has again made it to the WTC Finals for the consecutive 2nd year. India is going to play against the Mighty Aussies. They are known to be one of the most dangerous teams across all formats. India though has a new captain for the final, Rohit Sharma will lead India this time. Let’s take an overview of India and Australia’s playing XI.
As we saw India made It to the finals at the last moment, Sri Lanka were in high contentions to be the 2nd finalist after the Aussies became the Finalists well before. Australia has been on their peak of the form when it comes to the red ball cricket. They got tumbled in the recent India tour before that they were kind of unbeaten.
India played a significantly good cricket in the past few months. But if you see the record of its India has made to the finals on couple of good tournament’s but definitely lacked the resilience to win that one final match. Australia has qualified with 66.67% with 152 Points and India with 58.8 % and 127 points under them.
Let’s deep dive into an overview of India and Australia’s playing XI. Considering the situation, the final this time is going to be played in England but the venue is Oval. It is considered to be one of the driest wickets in the region were swing is the key. Oval offers spin to the game often; hence it is going to be critical as both the teams has quality spin to offer. India’s playing XI depends a lot on the condition before the match. If the weather is cloudy India should go with 4 seamers and 1 spinner but if its vice versa they can play 2 spinners and 3 seamers.
Who will field the best Xi? India and Australia’s Playing XI
Playing XI for India
Rohit Sharma (C), Subhman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur/Ravi Ashwin, Md Shami, Md Siraj, Umesh Yadav. This is India’s playing XI depending on the overcast or the non-overcast condition. Ashwin and Shardul will be seen through closely before the match begins when the conditions are assessed.
Australia’s playing XI
David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Alex Carey (WK), Cameron Green, Pat Cummins (C), Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon. Though Aussies has a second spinner option in the form of Todd Murphy. He was one of the talents who got showcased Infront of the world.
The talent pool for both these teams are extraordinary and you can’t take one and move forward. India will definitely look to convert this title as they have the experience of this final back in 2021 were New Zealand defeated India. India is definitely wounded by that and should come back stronger. The experience this Indian team has is immense. The reserves for the team are Yashasvi Jaiswal, Surya Kumar Yadav, Mukesh Kumar. Ajinkya Rahane is making a comeback and he is in a superb form lately.
Virat and Gill with respective 3 hundreds each in the recently concluded Indian Premier League has got the confidence to be stars of this match. Pujara and Rohit can be a X factor if they start well. On the hindsight there is not more than anything we should say about Indian bowlers as they are producing a great bowling performance continuously. Australia has got a special form as they performed exceptionally well as a unit.
