Captain Rohit Sharma.
Captain Rohit Sharma.
WTC Final 2023: The final of the World Test Championship 2023 between India and Australia will be played from June 7. The teams of India and Australia will face each other at the Oval ground in London. India has made its place in the final of WTC for the second time in a row. India had to face defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the final of the 2021 World Test Championship. In such a situation, this time India does not want to leave any stone unturned for the trophy.
Preparation of captain Rohit Sharma
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has been preparing hard for the last several days for the World Test Championship. According to Mumbai Indians (MI), Mumbai bowling coach and former New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has said that Rohit Sharma is working every other day during the IPL tournament to prepare for the WTC final. Used to practice on the net with Red Ball.
Gavaskar had expressed concern
Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar had expressed concern about the players going to play the WTC final straight after the IPL. Gavaskar says that in T20 cricket, players keep the bat speed very fast. In such a situation, he will have to keep this in mind while playing Test cricket directly. Now listening to Rohit’s red ball practice, Sunil Gavaskar must have heaved some relief.
Indian Test team for WTC
India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, KS Bharat, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Axar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Umesh Yadav.
Reserve players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav
