IND vs AUS WTC Final Day 5 HIGHLIGHTS: India Lose Second Straight World Test Championship Final
IND vs AUS WTC Final 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: Australia scalped the remaining 7 wickets inside the first session on Day 5 to register a comprehensive 209-run win.
AUSTRALIA WIN! A bit of a Nathan Lyon magic there to finish off the match as Bharat and Lyon both got out to him. The off-spinner finishes with figures of 4 for 41. Second successive WTC final loss for Team India whose wait for an ICC title since 2013 continues. Australia become the first team to bag all world titles.
OUT! Another Indian batter departs and it's Umesh Yadav who goes back, not having an answer to a Mitchell Starc bouncer. Good catch that from Carey behind the stumps. India- 220/8 in 60.2 overs.
And another one goes. That's four wickets in this session and surely now it's Australia's game to lose. Nathan Lyon gets Shardul Thakur out LBW. India- 213/7.
WICKET! And that seems to a massive stride that Australia have taken towards becoming the World Test Champions. Rahane departs after scoring a half-century. Extra bit of bounce from Starc and it's edged and to the keeper. IND- 212/6 in 56.2 Overs.
What just happened!! Big blow for India as Virat Kohli departed after scoring 49 runs. It was a good length delivery by Boland where Kohli wanted to drive the ball but he edged it and Smith took a catch at the end.
Virat and Rahane started the proceedings on day 5 of the ICC WTC final 2023 against Australia. Both the batters are looking comfortable against the Kangaroos' seamers.
Playing XI's:
India's Playing XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia's Playing XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
Welcome to the live coverage of the final day of the high-octane WTC final 2023 between India and Australia. India need 280 more runs to win the ultimate final.
Background
Hello and Welcome to our live coverage of the IND vs AUS WTC Final Day 5. The match will start at 03:00 pm (IST). Two stalwarts of Indian cricket Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane built a crucial 71-run stand to keep their team in the race to win the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia. India ended by making 164/3 at stumps on day 4, needing 280 more runs to win the game.
Earlier, team India started their innings well with skipper Rohit Sharma building two small but crucial stands with both Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara. The first stand was of 41 runs in just 44 balls between Gill and Rohit and then the skipper went on to add 51 in just 77 balls with Pujara. But then soon India suffered a few quick blows and then Rahane and Kohli took the onus and kept batting till the end of day 4. The Indian team led by Rohit Sharma will be looking to break the record for the highest successful run chase in the history of Test cricket to win the WTC Final mace.
Playing XI's:
India's Playing XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia's Playing XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
Squads:
India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Srikar Bharat(w), Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat.
Australia Squad: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Josh Inglis, Todd Murphy, Michael Neser, Marcus Harris.
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