WTC Final 2023: India Cricket Team will leave for London for the ICC World Test Championships Final in batches once again. Head coach Rahul Dravid will fly to London on May 23-24 with his entire coaching entourage. Some of the players who will be ousted from IPL 2023 Playoffs race will leave with him. The rest of the team will join him for the preparatory camp as and when their IPL commitments come to an end. A full-fledged camp will begin on June 1 with Rohit Sharma and the rest of the players. Follow India vs Australia WTC Final LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
“Rahul will leave for London in the last week of May, around May 23-24. Players will leave after their IPL commitments. Some of the guys will leave with Dravid as their IPL campaign will be over,” a BCCI official told InsideSport.
However, Cheteshwar Pujara is only expected to join the team for the final round of preparations. He is currently in England playing for Sussex in County Championship Division II. With a gap in County after May 21, he will take a short break before joining Team India for WTC Final.
Meanwhile, the four-member selection committee will pick the squad in first week of May. While almost all the faces from the squad against Australia will keep their places, selectors will have to make a decision on Shreyas Iyer’s replacement. With Suryakumar Yadav still not experienced enough to play Test in England, selectors are likely to recall Ajinkya Rahane for the WTC Final.
Ajinkya Rahane has hit form since being dropped from the Test squad after South Africa tour last year. He has scored a lot of runs in Ranji Trophy and is also among the runs in IPL 2023. His experience could be crucial in England and that is why selectors have asked him to practice with red ball during IPL. To make things difficult for selectors, SKY has also regained his form.
India Squad WTC Final 2023: All you need to know
- India’s squad will remain similar to the squad that faced Australia at home.
- Shiv Sundar Das-led selection committee will pick a 15-member squad for the WTC Final.
- However, with Shreyas Iyer injured, India need a replacement.
- KL Rahul is set to open with Rohit Sharma, forcing Shubman Gill to find a slot in the middle-order. slot in England.
- However, India need a backup opener as well as a backup middle-order batter.
- Mayank Agarwal is likely to get a recall as the backup opener.
- Ajinkya Rahane is also in the fray for a middle-order slot.
- As for the keeper’s slot, KS Bharat will don the big gloves even though he has struggled against Australia.
- Ishan Kishan will be the backup keeper for the one-off final against Australia.
- Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammad Shami besides Shardul Thakur will be India’s four-prong pace attack.
- Jaydev Unadkat is likely to be the backup option.
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