IND vs AUS Highlights, WTC Final Day 1: Travis Head and Steve Smith have stitched together an unbeaten 251-run stand to put Australia in command at the end of Day 1. Australia closed the day at 327/3 with Smith not out on 95 and Head unbeaten on 146. India did start well with Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur striking in the first session. While Mohammad Shami dismissed Marnus Labuschagne after the lunch break, Head went on the counter-attack to devastate Indian bowling.
Earlier, Team India won the toss and will bat second in the World Test Championship (WTC) against Australia. Rohit Sharma has opted to go for four seamers, meaning Ravi Ashwin misses out. KS Bharat gets the nod as the wicketkeeper. Australia meanwhile have opted to go with Scott Boland in Hazlewood’s absence.
India (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 (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: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, KS Bharat, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Axar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, and Umesh Yadav
Reserves: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav
Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Josh Inglis, Todd Murphy, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, and David Warner
Reserves: Matt Renshaw, Mitch Marsh
LIVE Streaming & Broadcast Details
On Wednesday, June 7 at 3 PM IST, the WTC final match will get underway at the Oval in London. The play will start at the same time each day. The World Test Championship final will be broadcast live on television in India on Star Sports Network and Doordarshan, and it will also be streamed online on the Disney+Hotstar app and website.
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