Southampton: Although team India is missing out on any real match practise before the World Test Championship (WTC) Final, they are sweating it out in an intra-squad match. One team is led by Virat Kohli, while the other team was captained by KL Rahul. Rohit Sharma, Ajikya Rahane, both were playing in Virat Kohli's XI.
BCCI's official Twitter handle released a video from India's intra-squad match. We saw highlights from the match where KL Rahul was seen hitting Ravindra Jadeja for a six while wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha also hooked one Shardul Thakur delivery for a six.
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Take a look at the Highlights video first:
Other than the sixes hit by Saha and Rahul, we saw Umesh Yadav bowling to Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma. Youngster Avesh Khan was also among the mix. One of Khan's deliveries beats Cheteshwar Pujara with a late inswing.
Here are visuals from the Day-1 of the Intra-squad match:
It will be interesting to see who all will be part of the final playing XI on June 18. From what it looks like, India will go in with six batsmen and five bowlers as Indian spinners are good batsmen and can act as all-rounders. This will give Virat Kohli, a cushion of playing 5 specialist bowlers.
Pant scored a century while Mayak Agarwal also scored a half-century.
India Squad for WTC Final: Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed. Shami, Mohammed. Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul (subject to fitness clearance), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper; subject to fitness clearance).