WTC final: Ishan Kishan included in the Indian team for the World Test Championship final, replaces KL Rahul


Posted on 10th May 2023 12:06 pm by rohit kumar

The Indian selectors have announced the replacement of KL Rahul for the World Test Championship final. Ishaan Kishan has been included in the team in place of Rahul. Rituraj Gaikwad, Mukesh Kumar, and Suryakumar Yadav have been selected as standby players. Fast bowlers Jaydev Unadkat and Umesh Yadav are also injured. The BCCI medical team is monitoring the injury of both. The Indian team will take on Australia in the final match to be held from June 7 to 11. This match will be played at The Oval in England.

 

Team India currently has only one wicketkeeper, KS Bharat. Rahul also does the keeping, but he is not on the team. In such a situation, Ishaan has been selected as an additional wicket-keeper batsman. Kishan has a lot of experience in first-class cricket. The left-handed batsman has scored 2985 runs in 48 first-class matches at an average of 38.76. Kishan is yet to play in a Test match. He was selected for the series against Australia, but he could not join the playing-11.

 

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India Test Team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.

 

The last time there was a defeat in the final of the Test Championship

The Indian team has reached the final of the World Test Championship for the second time in a row. He last faced defeat in 2021 against New Zealand in the title match. Team India performed brilliantly in the 2021-23 season of the Test Championship. They finished second in the points table behind Australia.

 

Rahul injured in IPL

Rahul was injured in the IPL against Royal Challengers Bangalore while playing for Lucknow Super Giants. He then ruled himself out of the rest of the IPL and the World Test Championship final. The Indian team management is looking for a replacement for Rahul. Team India will miss Rahul in the final match. He batted well in the last Test series in England. He was the third-highest run scorer for the team. Rahul had scored 315 runs.

 

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