India Announce Squad for WTC 2023 Final: Ajinkya Rahane, Shardul Thakur Return To Test Squad

WTC 2023 India’s Squad: The Indian cricket board (BCCI) announced a 15-man squad for the much-anticipated World Test Championship 2021-23 final on Tuesday, April 25. Rohit Sharma will lead a 15-man squad against Australia in the WTC final, which will be played from June 7 to 11 at the Oval in London.

“The All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked the squad for the ICC World Test Championship final against Australia,” BCCI wrote on its Media Advisory while announcing India’s squad for the ultimate test.

Indian squad for WTC 2023 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.

Earlier, Australia topped the WTC Championship table with 66.67 PCT, while India ended second with 58.8 PCT to make it to the summit clash.

WTC 2023 India’s Squad: Rahane returns after 15 months, KL Rahul in; Iyer, Bumrah ruled out

Veteran Indian batter Ajinkya Rahane has returned to the Indian side after 15 months. He last featured in the South Africa Test series in January 2022. Rahane’s form for CSK in IPL, albeit in an entirely different format, is believed to be the biggest reason behind his comeback. The other major reason is the absence of middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant.

Iyer has recently undergone back surgery and is expected to be out of action for some time. Pant, on other hand, has started his slow recovery process after suffering a car accident in December last year.

Rahane has been in stellar form in this IPL. He has scored 209 runs in just five innings for CSK at a staggering strike rate of 199.05 which is 62 more than his previous best in 2019.

Rahul Dravid to fly to London on May 23-24, ousted players from IPL 2023 Playoffs to join camp

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.

Also read: Australia declares 17-member squad for the upcoming WTC final Against India at Edgebaston

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