Indian Cricket Team Announcement for wtc 2023 World Test Cricket Final Match
BCCI has announced the 15 member Indian cricket team for the World Test Championship final match.
Mumbai batsman Ajinkya Rahane has been included in this team. Mumbai batsman Ajinkya Rahane has been given a place in this team after 15 months.
Ajinkye Rahane played his last match on 11 January 2022 against South Africa.
6 batsmen have been included in the team for the WTC 2023 final match, but Suryakumar Yadav has not been included in this team.
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The announced Indian cricket team for WTC 2023 is as follows –
- Rohit Sharma (Captain)
- Shubman Gill
- Cheteshwar Pujara
- Ajinkya Rahane
- KL Rahul
- KS Bharat (wicket keeper)
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Virat Kohali
- Akshar Patel
- Shardul Thakur
- Mohammed Shami
- Mohammed Siraj
- Umesh Yadav
- Jaydev Unadkat
KS Bharat will be the wicketkeeper in place of Rishabh Pant
Due to the injury of Rishabh Pant, KS Bharat has been included as wicketkeeper in his place. Apart from KS Bharat, KL Rahul can also do wicketkeeping.
Bharat made his Test debut for the Indian Test team in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.
KS Bharat has so far scored 101 runs in 4 Tests at an average of 20.20 and has taken 7 catches.
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Ajinkya Rahane benefits from good performance in IPL –
Ajinkya Rahane continues to perform well in the 16th season of IPL. He has batted aggressively this season. Rahane has scored 209 runs in 5 matches at an average of 52.25.
Rahane hit 6 fours and 5 sixes while playing an unbeaten inning of 71 runs in 29 balls against KKR.
Rahane played the last Test match for the Indian team in 2022 against South Africa.
Ajinkya Rahane has played 82 Test matches for Team India so far. In Tests, he scored 4931 runs at an average of 38.52, scoring 12 centuries and 25 half-centuries.
Suryakumar Yadav played only debut test match –
Suryakumar Yadav made his Test debut in the first match of the four-match Test series between India and Australia in February this year.
In this Test match, Suryakumar Yadav got a chance to play only in one innings. In which he scored 8 runs. After this, he did not get a chance to play in the remaining 3 matches of this series.
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Indian Cricket Team Announcement for wtc 2023 FAQ’s
Q. 1 How many times has the Indian cricket team reached the final of the World Test Championship?
Answar – The Indian cricket team has reached the final of the World Test Championship for the second time.
