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| World Test Championship final: Will Australian bowlers dominate or Indian batsmen overshadow? |
The final of the Test Championship between Australia and India is starting on Wednesday at the Oval Cricket Ground in London.
Indian team coach Rahul Dravid has said that there is not much buzz and excitement in the media before this final, which is good for the Indian team.
On the other hand, according to an ICC report, five of the world's leading former cricketers have spoken about the Test Championship, in which the Australian team has a strong chance of winning.
However, the Indian team has had the honor of reaching the finals both times since the start of the Test Championship in 2019.
Earlier in 2021, they reached the final but were defeated by New Zealand by eight wickets in the Rose Ball Southampton.
The current season then started with the Pataudi Trophy between India and England in 2021 and the International Cricket Council (ICC) officially announced the entire program under the new point system.
In the new point system, 12 points are allocated for a win, four points for a draw, and six points for a tie.
In this respect, Australia played 19 matches during which they won 11, drew five, and lost three, and thus their win percentage was more than 66.
Gavaskar against India last year. With the win in the third match of the Border series, Australia reached the final of the championship but the road was a bit tougher for India.
India started the current Test Championship under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, but when Kohli was removed from the short-form captaincy, he said goodbye to the Test captaincy as well, after which India faced defeat in South Africa and finished fourth. Reached No.
However, they then consolidated their position by winning the series against New Zealand by 1-0, Sri Lanka by 2-0, and Bangladesh by 2-0.
However, if Sri Lanka were to win the series against New Zealand, it would be difficult for India.
However, New Zealand won the series by 2-0 to send India to the final as India had won the first two matches of the series against Australia but lost the third match to shake their position again.
In this season, the Indian team has won 10 of the total 18 Test matches and they have faced defeat in five while three Tests have been drawn.
Thus his win percentage was over 58. South Africa was then third with 55 percent wins, while all the remaining six teams England, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies, and Bangladesh were below 50 percent respectively.
Both the Indian and Australian teams have arrived in England, but most of the English media's focus is on the FA Cup, while cricket is on the upcoming Ashes series, which heralds the new and third season of the Test Championship. is to begin.
Australia favorite
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has declared Australia as the favorite. For Wasim Akram of Pakistan, the Australian team also has an advantage, Ross Taylor has also predicted the victory of Australia.
On the other hand, ex-Indian cricketer and commentator Ravi Shastri has said that the team which will prevail first will win and this is what ex-England cricketer Ian Bell has said.
According to a report published on the ICC website, Ravi Shastri said that it is difficult to predict a single match away from home. When we look at the current form of both teams, it turns out that both have not played Test matches for a long time.
"India certainly played T20 matches, but apart from Smith and Laboshan, the rest of the players of the Australian team have not played long-term matches for a long time."
He said that the first punch of the first day is important. I think Pete Cummins will be important for Australia and Mohammad Shami for India.
Former fast bowler Wasim Akram says that despite Josh Hazlewood not being in the team, the Australian team is the favorite as the match is being played on a fresh wicket in June. And this match will be played by Dukes Ball, that's why Australia has the upper hand.
However, he said that India has had a good record against Australia over the years, winning the home series by one to two. Therefore, this competition will be very tough.
On the other hand, Ian Bell says that the weather forecast is good. There will be a lot of sunshine throughout the week and this wicket will be good for batting initially and maybe spin bowling later on.
He further said that 'Both teams are world-class, in such a situation whoever scores more runs will have a heavy burden.'
Ross Taylor said that India will miss Jasprit Bumrah and Australia are favorites because they have been playing more matches in England.
Ajinkya Rahane has been included in the Indian team after a long time. He was in the previous final as well and scored the highest 49 runs in the first innings.
He has been included in the squad again for his good form in the IPL. The good thing for India is that Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill are in good form while Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin are important in terms of spin. Ashwin India in the current Test ChampionshipHas taken the most wickets of 61.
Indian players have played a lot of cricket in the recently concluded IPL but on the other hand, the Australian team looks fresh. His teammates David Warner and Cameron Green were the only ones in the IPL while Michael Nesser, Steven Smith, Marcus Harris, and Labusham were playing county cricket.
The rest of the Australian cricket team has not played much cricket in India since March. Along with this, both of the teams have not played any Test matches since then.
However, Australian captain Pete Cummins is happy that his team is fresh and ready to play five Ashes matches after the Test Championship.
Winner's decision and prize
The winner will be awarded the 'mess' of the ICC World Test Championship as well as a significant portion of the WTC prize money.
If the WTC final match is drawn, tied or incomplete, Australia and India will be declared joint World Test Championship winners.
The final of the World Test Championship will be played from June 7 to June 11.
A reserve day is set aside for the WTC final and can be used to make up for any loss of playing time during the five scheduled days unless either side wins the game on the 12th. Can be continued.
WTC Final Squads
Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Greene, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Josh Ingles, Usman Khawaja, Marence Labuchan, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Michael Nesser, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner.
Reserves: Mitch Marsh, Matt Renshaw
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, KS Bharath, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Akshar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Shardal Thakur, Jaydev Anadak, Amish Yadav.
Reserves: Yashvi Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Surya Kumar Yadav