In the history of World Test Championship (WTC) finals, there have been some players who guided their teams to the distinguished mace through their tons.
Australia will enter Lord’s with the belief that they can win it.
The Proteas will need to fire in the big WTC final versus Australia, but then which talents can help ensure just that for them?
The report also claimed that the Australian team had to travel for three hours to find another venue for training.
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Skipper Pat Cummins, along with fast bowler Josh Hazlewood made their return to the Test squad after missing the previous Test series against Sri Lanka.
Glenn Maxwell has played only seven Test matches for Australia from 2013 to 2017. His last Test match came against Bangladesh in Chattogram in September, 2017.
New Zealand became the only fourth team to whitewash India in a series of three-plus Test after England (4), Australia (3) and West Indies (1).
India are currently ranked number one on the WTC 2023-25 standings with seven wins, two losses and one draw and a win percentage of 71.67.
Australia won their ninth ICC Trophy.
In his illustrious test career, Cheteshwar Pujara has put together 2,033 runs in 43 innings across 24 Tests versus the Aussies at an average of 50.82, including five centuries.
The regulating board was supposed to publish tenders to invite brands for a long-lasting deal but it didn’t happen as the officials didn’t get satisfactory answers from the negotiations.
Ajinkya Rahane will don the whites after more than a year since the South Africa tour in January 2022.
Pat Cummins will make a return into Test squad after missing the final two Tests of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Rahane also broke MS Dhoni’s record as he notched the fastest fifty of ongoing edition, claiming it in only 19 balls.
Sources close to BCCI have hinted that Bumrah’s return to action could take another 3-4 months.
Australia got bowled out for 113 as Ravindra Jadeja bagged seven wickets while R Ashwin got three wickets for India.
New Zealand have named a 20-member squad for their Test tour of England, including the World Test Championship final against India.
With both the sides playing to keep their WTC Finals’ hopes alive, the stage is perfectly set for a high-voltage five-day contest.
While Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav could return for the hosts, the visitors are expected to have James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow and Zak Crawley back for the third Test.
The 33-year-old admitted that there was a lot of unnecessary fuss about the pitch in Chennai. He added that every team uses their home advantage and India are within their rights to do the same.