India begin practice at The Oval for marquee tie against Australia

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London, . Ahead of the World Test Championship final against Australia, the Indian Test team began their practice session at The Oval on Sunday. India will play Australia in the much-anticipated WTC final from June 7 to 11 at The Oval.

BCCI shared a picture of the players running on the field at the iconic venue. “Hello from The Oval,” the BCCI said in a tweet.

The BCCI, on its official Twitter handle on May 25, had said that members of the Indian team such as Akshar Patel, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur along with head coach Rahul Dravid and other support staff members have resumed practice at the picturesque Arundel Castle Cricket Club in Arundel town. Have given.

On May 29, it shared pictures of charismatic batsmen Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj and Ravichandran Ashwin engaged in practice and interaction with support staff members at Arundel.

Captain Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and reserve player Mumbai young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal joined the practice sessions from May 30. While Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, KS Bharat and Ajinkya Rahane joined the team on June 1 after playing in the IPL final in Ahmedabad, Mohammed Shami joined the practice on June 2.

India, then led by Kohli, finished as runners-up in the inaugural WTC cycle after losing the title clash to Kane Williamson’s New Zealand by eight wickets at the Rose Bowl in Southampton in 2021.

With Rohit set to captain a Test side on foreign soil for the first time, India will aim to go a step further by way of their second straight WTC final appearance against Australia at The Oval, which will host a Test match for the first time in June .

The final will mark the end of the second edition of the WTC, which was introduced in 2019 to enhance the importance of matches in the longest format of the game. The winners of the WTC Finals will receive a purse of $1.6 million while the loser will receive $800,000.

Indian Team: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, KS Bharat, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Axar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Umesh Yadav

Reserve: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav

–IANS

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