WTC Final preview
2023: Rohit Sharma-led India vs Pat Cummins-led Australia; Ind vs Aus Test match Day 1 key players, head-to-head record

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Rohit Sharma-led Team India is set to face Pat Cummins-led Team Australia at the 2023-25 ICC World Test  Championship (WTC) Final today

ICC World Test Championship 2023

India which ranks No. 1 in the Test matches will be facing Australia which ranks No. 2 among the Test match teams

India vs Australia

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj

Team India Playing XI
(Probable)

Pat Cummins (C), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

WTC Final 2023: Australia
Playing XI (Probable)

WTC Final India vs Australia match will be played at The Oval, London. The pitch is friendly to the bowlers as it would assist fast bowling. By the second half of the match, the surface is expected to become better for batting

WTC Final 2023: Ind vs Aus
venue, pitch report

The weather in London is expected to be clear for the first two days, with a chance of patchy rain on the third and fourth days. The temperature will be between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius during the five days of play

WTC Final 2023: Ind vs Aus
weather report 

The India vs Australia WTC) final 2023 will be live telecast on Star Sports and live streamed on Disney+Hotstar

WTC Final India vs Australia
live streaming

Virat Kohli - 1033 runs, average of 33.32
Cheteshwar Pujara - 829 runs, average of 29.60
Ajinkya Rahane - 729 runs, average of 26.03 
Ravindra Jadeja - 594 runs, average of 29.70
Rohit Sharma - 466 runs, average of 42.36

India's test batting
record in Australia 

Mohammed Shami - 38 wickets, average of 40.52
Ravindra Jadeja - 23 wickets, average of 46.02
Ravichandran Ashwin - 18 wickets, average of 28.11
Mohammed Siraj - 18 wickets, average of 33.00

India's test balling record
in Australia

In 106 head-to-head India vs Australia Test matches, India has won 32 (3 in the last 5) while Australia has won 44 matches. 29 matches were drawn and 1 was a tie

India vs Australia head-to-
head record in Test matches

As per the Google Win Probability, Australia has a 50% chance of winning the Test match, India's chance to win is only 35% while there is a 15% chance for the match to draw 

WTC Final India vs Australia -
Google Win Probability 

Ravi Shastri named Pat Cummins and Mohammed Shami as key players for Australia and India. Ricky Ponting, Wasim Akram, Ian Bell and Ross Taylor told ICC that Australia has higher chances of winning the WTC Final match as the team is more accustomed to The Oval's pitch and London's weather due to The Ashes 

WTC 2023: Prediction
by cricket legends