"Hard To See Past...": Australia Great Picks Key Players For WTC Final

28.05.2023 - 10:49 sports.ndtv.com

Michael Hussey feels it is "hard to see past Virat Kohli" if India are to win the World Test Championship final against Australia at the Oval in London from June 7.

Besides Kohli, skipper Rohit Sharma will be key to India's chances in the WTC final, the former Australia batter said. "It's hard to see past Virat Kohli.

He (Kohli) is obviously coming back into some great form again in all forms of the game really, so both he and Rohit Sharma with the bat are going to be important for India," Hussey told the ICC website.

Kohli is back to his best and recently scored back-to-back hundreds in the IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kohli has reached the UK along with Mohammad Siraj, and the team is training at Kent Cricket Ground ahead of the final.

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