India Playing XI WTC Final: With the selection committee already having announced the Indian squad for the upcoming WTC Finals against Australia, pundits and former cricketers are now scratching their brains to find out the perfect playing XI. Indian great Sunil Gavaskar has pointed out that KL Rahul should be designated keeper in the squad while Jaydev Unadkat should get the nod ahead of returning Shardul Thakur. Follow WTC 2023 Final Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
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Sunil Gavaskar has named his playing XI which sees quite a few major changes in the team. First and foremost, Gavaskar has made it clear that India should keep KL Rahul as the designated wicketkeeper in the squad. This essentially means KS Bharat not getting a chance in the team. After Rishabh Pant’s accident, it was Bharat who keeped wickets for India as Rahul was removed from his vice captaincy role and was selected as a batter.
The other significant change in the team is focused on the bowling unit. While fans were remained awestruck with the return of all rounder Shardul Thakur in the team, Gavaskar opined that Jaydev Unadkat should get the nod ahead of the KKR all-rounder. Though both offer different variations in pace bowling, Shardul Thakur has just recently recovered from an injury. On the other hand, Jaydev Unadkat has been in scintillating form especially in domestic cricket
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Sunil Gavaskar’s XI of Team India for the WTC Final:
Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Shami, Mohammad Siraj.
India’s Test squad WTC final: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, K L Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.
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