IND vs AUS WTC Final: India vs Australia World Test Championship (WTC) 2023 Final is slated to be played from June 7 at the Kennington Oval in London. Ahead of IND vs AUS WTC Final fixture, Cricket Australia picked players from the teams that played Test cricket in World Test Championship 2021-23 cycle, revealing their World Test Championship (WTC) team of the tournament and it included just three Indians. Cricket Australia's World Test Championship (WTC) team of the tournament includes three players each from Australia and India, two players from England and one player each from The Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
Pakistan's Babar Azam Over India's Virat Kohli; No Rohit Sharma In Cricket Australia's WTC Team Of The Tournament
Cricket Australia's (CA) World Test Championship (WTC) team of the tournament does not include veteran India players Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The three Indian players who were picked by Cricket Australia in their World Test Championship (WTC) are Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin. Pakistan's all-format skipper Babar Azam was included in this team, while Joe Root and veteran pace bowler James Anderson are two England players in the team.
Pat Cummins, who is also the captain of the Australian cricket team at present, has been named captain of CA's WTC team of the tournament, while Rishabh Pant gets picked as wicketkeeper-batsman. Jadeja gets a spot as the spin all-rounder while Ashwin was selected as the specialist spinner.
Three players from the Australian cricket team were included in this team selected by Cricket Australia, including opener Usman Khawaja, Travis Head and fast bowler Pat Cummins. Sri Lankan opener Dimuth Karunaratne, South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada are also part of Cricket Australia's (CA) World Test Championship (WTC) team of the tournament.
Cricket Australia's WTC Team of the Tournament: Usman Khawaja, Dimuth Karunaratne, Babar Azam, Joe Root, Travis Head, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pat Cummins (C), Jimmy Anderson, Kagiso Rabada.