The Indian team captain Rohit Sharma had won the toss yesterday and decided to bowl first. The pitch is so green, that’s why the bowling fist decision was obvious. India took just three but beautiful wickets on day 1 and Australia scored 327 runs. Team Australia was scoring too slow before Travis Head came to the bat. The opener of the team David Warner tried his best by scoring 43 runs off just 60 deliveries. Usman Khawaja has gone with duck and Marnus Labuschagne contributed 26 runs.
The old gun of the Australia Steven Smith still not out on 95 off 227 balls. Travis Head scored 146 runs off just 156 balls he faced and still not out. He smashed 22 boundaries and smoked a maximum. Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur took one wicket each in the day play.
India vs Australia Highlights today. only test, Thursday 8-6-2023, ICC World Test Championship 2023 Final, Kennington Oval, London.
Toss: India chose to field.
India team: RG Sharma*, Shubman Gill, CA Pujara, V Kohli, AM Rahane, KS Bharat†, RA Jadeja, SN Thakur, UT Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia team: DA Warner, UT Khawaja, M Labuschagne, SPD Smith, TM Head, C Green, AT Carey†, MA Starc, PJ Cummins*, NM Lyon, SM Boland.
Head to Head In test’s: 106
India Won: 32
Australia Won: 44
India test Rankings: 1st
Australia test Rankings: 2nd
Form guide
(Last five matches, most recent first)
India DLWWW
Australia DWLLD
Match Timings: 9:30 AM GMT | 10:30 AM Local
Umpires – Chris Gaffaney, Richard Illingworth
TV Umpire – Richard Kettleborough
Match Referee – Richie Richardson
Reserve Umpire – Kumar Dharmasena
Match number – Test no. 2505
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