WTC Final: IND vs AUS – BCCI selection committee have announced Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sarfaraz Khan, and Ishan Kishan as the standby players for the World Test Championship (WTC) Final against Australia. While Gaikwad and Sarfaraz have been named as specialist batters, Kishan has been named as a wicketkeeper batter. BCCI have also named Navdeep Saini and Mukesh Kumar as standby bowlers for the summit clash against Australia set to be played at Oval from June 7 to 11. Follow WTC Final 2023 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
WTC Final: BCCI planning to arrange a multi-day warm-up game leading up to WTC Final
In addition to leaving early for WTC Final, the BCCI is contemplating arranging a multi-day warm-up game leading up to the WTC Final in England. With Team India players returning from IPL 2023 season, the BCCI wants players to get used to the playing conditions in London. Head coach Rahul Dravid coaching staff, and the ousted players from IPL Playoffs will leave for England on May 23.
“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.
WTC Final: Sunil Gavaskar makes a bold prediction, predicts Ashwin to bat number 8
Meanwhile, Sunil Gavaskar has made a bold prediction saying Ashwin will bat number 8. The legendary cricketer also has backed India to win WTC final owing to the team’s strong batting line-up.
“I’m backing India to out-bat Australia because if you look at the Indian batting lineup at number 8 we have (Ravichandran) Ashwin, who has five Test hundreds, and the Oval is generally a very good pitch to bat on. You win the toss, put up a big score on the first two days, then you don’t have to bat in the second innings,” noted Gavaskar while speaking to Star Sports, the official broadcaster of IPL 2023, where the ex-cricketer is a part of the commentary panel.
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