Apr 25, 2023
By: Sourabh Jain
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On Tuesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the squad for the World Test Championship (WTC) final.
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The WTC final will be played at London’s Oval stadium. The last WTC final between India and New Zealand was played at the Rose Bowl stadium in Southampton.
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The WTC final will be played from June 7 to June 11. Additionally, June 12 has been kept as a reserve day.
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The Indian cricket team will take on Australia at the World Test Championship. The last edition of the WTC was won by New Zealand, who defeated India.
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Rohit Sharma will lead the Indian cricket team at the second edition of the World Test Championship.
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Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, and Jaydev Unadkat.
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Ajinkya Rahane, who last played a test match in January 2022, has returned to the team after having an amazing start in the IPL 2023. He has scored 209 runs in 5 innings with a strike rate of 199 and a high score of 71 not out.
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Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (VC), Mitchell Starc, David Warner
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India has played 106 test matches against Australia so far. Out of this, India has won 32 matches, lost 44 matches, 29 matches were drawn, and 1 match ended in a tie.
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