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"Cloudy Now...": Dinesh Karthik Ahead Of World Test Championship Final. Find Full Forecast Here

Rohit Sharma's men will bid to be crowned World Test Champions when they take on Australia in the WTC Final at The Oval in London, starting later on Wednesday. The last time India played a Test at the venue, the team which was led by Virat Kohli back then hammered England by 157 runs. India face a huge selection headache with regards to the team combination. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have been unstoppable on sub-continent tracks. However, the early season surfaces in England generally do not give spinners much help. As a result, India might go for just one spinner and four pacers, including Shardul Thakur.

"Cut Those Damn Grass": Twitter User Tells Dinesh Karthik On Oval Pitch. The Reply Is Hilarious

The starting day of the World Test Championship is finally here. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team will take on the Pat Cummins-led Australian cricket team with an eye on its first ICC title in a decade. The match will be played at The Oval. Team India has played 14 Test matches at the venue, in which they have won two, lost three and drew seven of them. On the eve of the game, India star Dinesh Karthik, who will be commentating for the game, shared an image of the Oval pitch, the nature of which will ultimately decide the playing XI of the teams.

"Pitch Ready For WTC Final": Dinesh Karthik Shares Latest Photos From The Oval - See Pics

The World Test Championship final is here as the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team faces the Pat Cummins-led Australia. For India, it's a chance to end a decade-long drought for an ICC title. On the eve of the match, Rohit said: "We are quite excited about the squad as well. We know what happened in the last WTC final as well and we know what happened. We have played here before." In 2021, India reached the final, facing defending champion New Zealand at Southampton in England. India failed to win the championship and New Zealand won by eight wickets.

India vs Australia: Two Days Before WTC Final This Is How The Oval Pitch Looks Like. See Pics

The Indians are taking the Mitchell Starc threat very seriously and if one goes by their second training session at The Oval ahead of the World Test Championship final, they are yet to decide between Ishan Kishan and KS Bharat as their wicket-keeping choice. Australia trained in the morning in cold and overcast conditions, but the Indians brought sunshine to The Oval when they turned up in the afternoon session. Though it was an optional session, the majority of the members showed up barring Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and reserve player Suryakumar Yadav.

'Yashasvi Jaiswal Shouldn't Be Fast-Tracked Into ODIs': RCB Star's Huge Take

Dinesh Karthik has called for patience with prodigious young talent Yashasvi Jaiswal and believes to fast-track the talented batter into India's ICC Men's Cricket World Cup squad this year should be dismissed. Jaiswal shot to prominence when he topped the run charts at the 2020 ICC Men's Under-19 Cricket World Cup, with 400 runs in six matches and one century, four fifties and the 21-year-old has already replicated that form with some standout performances at the IPL for the Rajasthan Royals.

"Last Year Dinesh Karthik Had...": Faf du Plessis Puts RCB's Middle-order In Line Of Fire

Following the loss to Gujarat Titans (GT), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Faf Du Plessis said that lack of runs from the middle order, wickets in middle overs, inability to finish the games well and the lack of good hitters down the order contributed to team's league stage exit. Shubman Gill's century outshined Virat Kohli's classic knock of 101 runs to help GT beat RCB by 6 wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match here at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.

Proteas will be 'missing a trick' if they don't take Faf to the World Cup, says RCB teammate

Faf du Plessis's excellent form in this year's Indian Premier League for Royal Challengers Bangalore has led to calls for his return to the national line-up at this year's cricket World Cup in India.

"South Africa Will Be Missing a Trick If...": Dinesh Karthik On Faf du Plessis

India wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik backed South African Veteran Faf du Plessis to make a comeback in international cricket and should be selected in the South Africa squad of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023. Du Plessis has been a beacon of consistency while opening the batting alongside Virat Kohli for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL this year, with the in-form batter having already amassed more than 600 runs for his side.

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"Cloudy Now...": Dinesh Karthik Ahead Of World Test Championship Final. Find Full Forecast Here

"Cut Those Damn Grass": Twitter User Tells Dinesh Karthik On Oval Pitch. The Reply Is Hilarious

"Pitch Ready For WTC Final": Dinesh Karthik Shares Latest Photos From The Oval - See Pics

India vs Australia: Two Days Before WTC Final This Is How The Oval Pitch Looks Like. See Pics

'Yashasvi Jaiswal Shouldn't Be Fast-Tracked Into ODIs': RCB Star's Huge Take

"Last Year Dinesh Karthik Had...": Faf du Plessis Puts RCB's Middle-order In Line Of Fire

Proteas will be 'missing a trick' if they don't take Faf to the World Cup, says RCB teammate

"South Africa Will Be Missing a Trick If...": Dinesh Karthik On Faf du Plessis